I bow down to thee, oh magical Baby Merlin

sundaesprinkles · August 2013

I ordered the Baby Merlin magic sleepsuit when I was forced to transition LO to his crib when he started refusing to sleep in his swing suddenly. (He's almost at the weight limit for the bassinet of the PNP so I figured I might as well go for the crib.) He didn't like being swaddled, plus he was starting to roll over anyway so I put him in the only other thing I had, a sleep sack. He wiggled and startled all night long the first night so I ordered the magic sleepsuit. He slept in the sleep sack for the next few nights until the sleepsuit came and it was awful. He used to STTN in his swing and now he was waking up once or twice in the MOTN. Plus I'm sleeping in his nursery with him and all his stirring made it hard for me to sleep.

Baby Merlin came and he slept 6 hours the first night. We tried it for three nights in a row and we got around six or seven hours a night. Just as a test I tried the sleep sack again for two nights and both nights he only slept around 5 hours and one of those nights he almost woke up and I ended up holding his pacifier in place at 3 AM until he fell back asleep. We tried the magic sleepsuit again and we got 7 hours the first night back in it and we got 9 hours last night! That's the longest he's ever slept, even longer than he would sleep in the swing before. And I sleep better too because he doesn't stir nearly as much. The only negative is he can't wear all his adorable sleepers since he would be too hot in the sleepsuit but I'd rather get sleep! Just wanted to let y'all know how good it worked for us.

stephzrn · August 2013

My coworker swears by it and she just gave it to me to try and looks like I will be trying tonight. The last 2 nights he gave us 6 hrs for the very first time and we are happy with that, so a little scared to change anything but I have heard so many good things about that suit.

sundaesprinkles · August 2013

stephzrn said:

My coworker swears by it and she just gave it to me to try and looks like I will be trying tonight. The last 2 nights he gave us 6 hrs for the very first time and we are happy with that, so a little scared to change anything but I have heard so many good things about that suit.

That's great that you know someone that has one and you can borrow it to try. I would have done the same but I don't know anyone that has one. I was very hesitant to spend the money on it but I'm so glad I did. Good luck!

Oohgurl · August 2013

Good! Glad its working for you. We are still naps only in it. I am afraid to mess with his night routine since he STTN in his RNP.

TradeMama · August 2013

They are sold out on the baby magic website. At they at bbb?

kelly422 · August 2013

@trademama Amazon has them, too.

TradeMama · August 2013

Perfect.

jedimindtrick · August 2013

I love mine too. Amazon didn't have the size we needed for some reason so I ordered from their website. It was here in two days and if you like them on fb there's a code for 15% off so it was basically free shipping.

sundaesprinkles · August 2013

NJAZgirl said:

I love mine too. Amazon didn't have the size we needed for some reason so I ordered from their website. It was here in two days and if you like them on fb there's a code for 15% off so it was basically free shipping.

Yep that's just what I did.

jayro10 · August 2013

You mentioned that he would get too hot with a sleeper on underneath-- that's my only hang up about ordering one. My LO tends to be a sweaty Betty so I worry I would be up all night checking to make sure she wasn't too warm, which would defeat the purpose of the sleep suit! Do you just put him in a onesie underneath?

SpanFran · August 2013

WANT, but it's sold out both on the website and on Amazon. I would buy magic beans if it meant LO would sleep for more than 3 hours at a time.

jedimindtrick · August 2013

jayro10 said:
You mentioned that he would get too hot with a sleeper on underneath-- that's my only hang up about ordering one. My LO tends to be a sweaty Betty so I worry I would be up all night checking to make sure she wasn't too warm, which would defeat the purpose of the sleep suit! Do you just put him in a onesie underneath?

I was worried about this too. My guy has never woken up sweaty in it like in the swaddle. Surprisingly. And I actually had to put socks on his hands. They get ice cold. I just put a onesie on him

sundaesprinkles · August 2013

jayro10 said:

You mentioned that he would get too hot with a sleeper on underneath-- that's my only hang up about ordering one. My LO tends to be a sweaty Betty so I worry I would be up all night checking to make sure she wasn't too warm, which would defeat the purpose of the sleep suit! Do you just put him in a onesie underneath?

Yes I just put him in a onesie under it. I haven't actually tried putting him in a sleeper with it, but since he doesn't seem cold with just the onesie I assume the sleeper would be too much. I nurse him to sleep so I do his last feeding in the suit. At first during the feedings I would keep feeling his chest and back of his neck to see if he felt warm but he always feels fine. On the other hand my arms gets sweaty from holding him while I nurse him in it. (He does a long feed before bed). The inside has a lining that somehow seems to keep him cool.

bhjones1980 · August 2013

I ordered ours a few days ago, I am hoping this will help the transition to the crib... he is getting too big for his RnP

Fingers crossed, since we have a sweaty baby too.

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