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What is the point of a sleep sack?

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So we stopped swaddling DS when he started getting mobile. He usually sleeps in footie pjs. Well, DH is getting very tired of all the screaming when DS wakes up after having rolled over and believes we should start swaddling again. I think this is a bad idea. Friends have told us to use a sleep sack instead, which we did last night. However, I'm not sure I understand the point of a sleep sack. DS can still roll over and scoot around. Is it supposed to take the place of a blanket? 

Somehow I missed the memo on why moms like the sleep sack...or maybe I got it but can't remember because mommy brain has set it. Either way, please enlighten me because DH is convinced it will save us from the midnight rolling/screaming fest we currently are enjoying every night. Wink

 

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  • hohmanamhohmanam member

    I don't have an answer to why everyone likes the sleepsack as DS doesn't really care for it. I do think it is for keeping them warm but also because their feet are still "kind of" swaddled in a way. HOWEVER, swaddling won't stop your DS from rolling and screaming...we had to stop swaddling DS because he rolled over in his swaddle...now we are back in the RNP because he is up ALL night in the crib since being unswaddled.....ugh..

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  • ReeceFamilyReeceFamily member
    It's a safe substitute for a blanket (LO can't be suffocated like they could be if you just lay a big blanket over them).  That's my understanding, anyway!
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  • rockyrollgirlrockyrollgirl member

    imageReeceFamily:
    It's a safe substitute for a blanket (LO can't be suffocated like they could be if you just lay a big blanket over them).  That's my understanding, anyway!

    Yep. I used the sleep sacks during the colder months.

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  • Jessie333Jessie333 member
    imageReeceFamily:
    It's a safe substitute for a blanket LO can't be suffocated like they could be if you just lay a big blanket over them. nbsp;That's my understanding, anyway!

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  • ecu0505ecu0505 member
    imagehohmanam:

    I don't have an answer to why everyone likes the sleepsack as DS doesn't really care for it. I do think it is for keeping them warm but also because their feet are still "kind of" swaddled in a way. HOWEVER, swaddling won't stop your DS from rolling and screaming...we had to stop swaddling DS because he rolled over in his swaddle...now we are back in the RNP because he is up ALL night in the crib since being unswaddled.....ugh..

    This is my worse nightmare!  I know it is coming soon too.  I keep trying to get LO unswaddled but she just is not ready, but she is starting to make moves on the rolling front.

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  • holly52holly52 member

    My understanding is that they are replacement for a blanket.  I have a few and I've never used them.  DD gets hot way too easily.  Swaddling won't stop the rolling and the screaming.  I think it's a stage they go through.  I stopped swaddling DD a while ago and she was fine, even after she learned how to roll.  However, the last week has been a little rough.  If she's not asleep when I lay her down she will stay awake rolling and getting stuck and screaming.   I tried rolling up towels and putting them on the sides of her and she will just roll right on over the top of them.  Sometimes I have to put her in her car seat, so she just can't roll over until she falls asleep.  I haven't figured out any good method to stop this yet, but I hope she gets over it soon haha. GL!

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  • OhBaby+2013OhBaby+2013 member
    A blanket replacement for sure, and a bit of limited foot movement.  Now with at said the sack I use has a torso band which DS likes better than the sacks without.  It still gives him that snug feeling against his body like a swaddle, but with all the movement in his arms and legs.
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  • Chappy_jrChappy_jr member
    Yes, it is just to replace a blanket.  We used one for a bit when we were ending the swaddle but now that it is warmer I just let him just sleep in footed pjs.
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  • ta78ta78 member
    We still use ours as a replacement blanket, its still not that warm here at night. 





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  • this decaf lifethis decaf life member
    It's a safe blanket not really a swaddle. It was freezing in our old apartment and DD can't have a traditional blanket because she pulls everything over her face.
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  • olivesyou1olivesyou1 member
    Also, I have noticed the sleep sack helps with legs getting stuck between the slats of the crib (if you're not using bumpers).  We don't have bumpers and LO is rolling all over the place in the crib, he would somehow end up on his front with both legs sticking out of the crib with no way to get out of the position except to scream for us in the middle of the night.  Once we started using a short sleeve onesie and the sleep sack his legs don't get stuck anymore, and he sleeps better.
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