Sheets, Blankets, Pillows: SwaddleMe
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How to Transition to Crib from Sleeping Propped up on Boppy
Asked by B.S. from San Francisco
on May 31, 2008
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My daughter is 6 wks old and seems to sleep best when propped up. She's always swaddled to limit the movement and tendency to wake herself. We try to lay her down in ...
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- Infant carrier!!! My son loved it and now sleeps in his crib.
- You can put something (a small pillow, for example) under the crib mattress to elevate the head of the crib a little. That way there is nothing extra in the crib for ...
- Try putting a rolled up towel under her crib mattress. It will elevate the mattress slightly and might have the desired effect. With any bedtime change though expect a...
Swaddle Blankets
Asked by H.R. from Abilene
on October 5, 2008
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I've been using a Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe (made of cotton knit) on my daughter (now 4 months old) for the past few months. I love it except that now she's strong enough...
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- She might be too old now to be swaddled. Try the Halo sleep sacks to keep the blanket on her. I loved those, they were so great. Get 2, one to wear, one to wash. ...
- The fleece Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe blankets hold them significantly tighter than the cotton ones do. But, these only come in small & large (and there is a gap in betwee...
- Hi H., It sounds like your daughter is developmentally ready to stop swaddling. I know it's hard to think about sleepless nights and fussy babies, but in the long ...
Summer Receiving Blankets?
Asked by V.G. from Chicago
on June 5, 2008
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We generally swaddle our 2 month old to get him to sleep or help calm him when he's fussy. With the warm weather just around the corner, I'm worried that the receiving...
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- I use the lighter waffle-patterned blankets. I have a 3 month old who gets swaddled. And I jsut keep the air a little cooler in the house so she sleeps comfortably.
- I love the swaddle wraps that are designed to wrap around the baby with velcro to tightly swaddle. We used fleece wraps (made by Kiddopotamus) during the winter when ...
- The Miracle Blanket! We couldn't have made it throught the summer without one!
Sleeping Without a Swaddle?
Asked by K.L. from Savannah
on March 15, 2011
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My son loves to be swaddled, but at 4 months old, he is growing too large for his swaddleme and swaddling with a regular blanket is too loose for his liking. We have ...
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- We have been debating this in our house for quite some time. My dd is 5 1/2 months old, and we have used the Miracle Blanket since she was a newborn, which has worked...
- I used the swaddle until I couldn't any more. At first it was really rough. I would suggest to stop using it when you have a few days off work because you will be up...
- Do your best to keep him swaddled. It is only a matter of time before he outgrows it.
Swaddling 3 1/2 Month Old
Asked by M.E. from Birmingham
on April 16, 2012
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I've been swaddling my 3 1/2 month old in SwaddleMe blankets for naps and bedtime, and she's recently started breaking out of the swaddle at night, waking around 1 and...
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- I swaddled until about 6 months. You can try sewing 4 square receiving blankets together to create one large square blanket - it's perfect for swaddling a bigger ba...
- Hi M. I have a 12wk old son and use the swaddleme blankets on him everynight. He recently started breaking outta them too so i took a burp cloth the long ones and tuck...
- you can still swaddle her, just don't keep her in the blanket she is breaking out of. How do you swaddle her? Are her arms free? Maybe she wouldn't break out if her ar...
Sleeping
Asked by T.B. from Chicago
on March 23, 2006
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Does anyone have any advice for how to get my 3 month old to sleep in his crib? Ever since our baby has been born, he's been sleeping on my chest for every nap and at...
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- Hi, T.. The DVD - The Happiest Baby on the Block (by Dr. Harvey Karp) really helped my husband and I....you can order it on Amazon. He talks about swaddling but ...
- Wow, that sounds really intense... You must be going insane! Do you use a pacifier? My daughter had some similair problems, and my doc said to just let her use it for ...
- My five month had the same problem. He was pretty colicky and had acid reflux. He too could only sleep on my chest. I tried putting him in his crib at 10 weeks and fai...
Advice on Breaking Baby of Dependence on Swaddling
Asked by A.D. from Raleigh
on August 19, 2008
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Hello, Helpful Moms. I have a wonderful 3-month old son who overall is a very good sleeper. My challenge is that he sleeps well only when tightly swaddled, but now t...
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- Oh boy! I, too, had a daughter who was addicted to swaddling, and I held on to it for as long as I could, wrapping her more and more tightly. But she almost always f...
- My youngest son, now 5, loved being very tightly swaddled. It was great in the beginning, but like you, he began to wake up early on. Unfortunately, babies are no diff...
- how about feet pajamas? Maybe he gets cold and that wakes him. Or, how about those sacks that you put them in where it is like being swaddled but they can't get out,...
Weaning off the Swaddle
Asked by J.H. from Minneapolis
on June 21, 2007
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My 7.5-month-old son does reasonably well with his sleeping, but he's still dependent on being swaddled in order to fall asleep and stay asleep. In fact, he seems to b...
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- My babies both love to be swaddled. My son stopped wanting to be swaddled around 18 months on his own. I always swaddled him with his arms out because he loves to feel...
- I can't remember when we weaned my daughter off the swaddle-me but it wasn't until she started coming out of it during the night (like your son). Once she did that, I ...
- Try one of those sleep positioners. My son did really well with that when we put him in it, we didnt have to use it for long after we started.
SIDS Worry
Asked by K.G. from Los Angeles
on March 9, 2009
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I've been having my 6 week old little girl sleep in a pack and play in our bedroom since we brought her home from the hospital. We have a blanket under her head as a ...
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- Lose the "pillow" blanket. With a young infant I would sleep with both bedroom doors (yours and hers) open, so that you can hear her breathing when you wake at night, ...
- It IS scary, but try not to let it worry you too much because you don't want it interfere with all the joy you are feeling. Yes, there is the rare SIDS case, but most...
- Hello K., Congratulations on becoming a mommy! Yes, blankets are a risk with a baby. There are several other ways to keep them warm. The potato sack sleepers are...
Still Swaddling and Co-sleeping at 5 Months
Asked by C.B. from Boston
on January 8, 2009
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We are still swaddling my 5 month old daughter (in the Kiddopotomas SwaddleMe) and putting her in a co-sleeper next to my bed. She is sleeping great - a 10pm to 7am s...
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- Hi C.! We swaddled our baby girl for naps and nighttimes and she also slept great. We continued to swaddle until she was strong enough to break free herself with her ...
- Hi C., It sounds like she is doing great when she sleeps. I don't know of many babies that sleep that long and that well! Don't listen to what others say. You ca...
- C., Why change anything if its going so well? You will know when its time. Listen to your self, you will know best. And when its time to put her in her own room, ge...
