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SwaddleMe slit

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Hi, I've noticed a lot of posts about the swaddleme lately, but nothing that directly addresses my confusion so I decided to post. Maybe one of you can help me out. Why is there just a slit in the back and not the front? If you are to use it in a car seat do you do the straps under the rest of the swaddleme? Like put the bottom strap thru the slit and then do up the rest of the car seat and then reswaddle? Sounds like a right pain in the butt. Why isn't there a slit in the front and the back? Am I not seeing the big picture?
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  • bethCTbethCT
    personally, i have never used the slit.  I never put a swaddled baby in it.  When baby is swaddled, i dont strap into bouncers, swings, etc....  but i also only swaddle at night.
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  • CLLDLLCLLDLL member

    I personally would never swaddle in the carseat.  Seems unsafe to me.  Sort of like the bundle me arguement that it didn't come from the carseat manufacturer.

    We use the slit for strapping in to the RnP.  The part of the strap that goes between the legs first goes into the slit.  Then lay out the swaddleme in the RnP like you're swaddling like normal.  Put baby in & bring the RnP leg strap between baby's legs. Swaddle like normal.  Then feed the side straps of the RnP into the small holes in the sides where the "flaps" fold in.  Connect them to the middle strap.

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  • MrsJetSetMrsJetSet member
    Yes, you are right.  You pull straps through, put baby in and strap them in the carseat, then do the swaddle part.  We only used it a couple times because it is kind of a pain in the butt.  I wasn't too worried about the safety aspect of it because it is no thicker than any shirt that dd would wear anyway.  Of course, you have to do whatever works for your family.
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  • MelleTXMelleTX member
    I understand what it is there for, I am jut curious though, how many moms use the straps in the RNP while the baby is swaddled? I plan to use them, but I was wondering if I was doing it right or being over-protective. 
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  • CLLDLLCLLDLL member

    I heard on one of the boards --- not sure which one or if it's really true --- that a mother on TB hadn't strapped her LO in the RnP for a nap.  She left the room for a while, came back in to find LO had rolled over onto it's stomach and was suffocating.  She was able to flip him/her over in time.   That scared the crap out of me.  Even if it didn't really happen.  I'm just not willing to take the chance that my LO would flip over, or roll out the side when he gets bigger.

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