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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Great Idea! Dec 21, 2006
By L. Superczynski
We are huge fans of the swaddle. Both of our daughters have benefited from it, and it has helped up get a lot of extra sleep! We have used everything from basic blankets, the swaddle me, a receiving blanket then topped with the swaddle me (really holds them in-but they have to be dressed minimally underneath there), the miracle blanket and now this. This is a great idea!
PROS
1. Heavy duty velcro stays on securely-I do not think they could get the velcro undone
2. Allows for the arms to be swaddled, but isn't too tight on them
3. Allows for access to the diaper easily for those middle of the night changes
4. The swaddle part is removeable if you just want to use the sack
5. washes very well and holds up to repeated use
6. it is the only swaddling product I have found that doesn't require much effort to put on, thus doesn't wake up the drowsy or sleeping baby (IF the sack itself is already on-we open up the swaddle part in the middle of the night for our 7 week old's feedings, and if she dozes off, we can quickly and easily swaddle her back up and not disturb her)
CONS
1. the legs are pretty free in there-if your child needs his or her legs to be secure also, this may not be the thing, but I haven't found that to be an issue with too many people
2. it is small and so far only sold in newborn size. Our 7 week old is very long for her age, and she really still needs to be swaddled but is outgrowing the sack in length. I am contemplating sewing patches on the back of our larger sleep sacks so that we can use the swaddle portion on those, but it would be nice if they made it in a larger size.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Sleep-saver! Jun 15, 2009
By Emily Burns
This product was probably the best money I spent on my son. I had learned how to do an extremely effective swaddle with just a normal blanket, not knowing these existed. This just made life so much easier. As for the other review's criticism of the suffocation hazard, I think there are ways to avoid it. My son was also able to get his arms out, particularly once he got older, but they always went over the wings, not under, so it wasn't a suffocation hazard. Basically, if you velcro it extremely tightly (and any swaddle worth doing, regardless of technique should be), and do it such that it is low enough (top of wings roughly even with the top of the baby's bicep), you should be fine. It's important to remember that you're trying to pin their arms to their sides, which means you can put the wing part pretty low, and it will make it harder for them to escape, and more likely that went they do, they escape with their arms above the wings.
This had such a huge impact on my son's sleep. And while we tried to wean him from it earlier, he continued to need it until he was about 5 months old. There's no way I could have swaddled him until he was that old, b/c the blankets just weren't big enough, and he was too strong. That meant that this product allowed us to ensure that he continued sleeping for 12 hours/night.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Sleep Saver! Sep 12, 2009
By R. Mastromauro
"Loving life as a Mom"
This product should be called the sleep saver! That's what it is. Our 6 week old is a chunker at 12 lbs and 23 inches already and he's pretty strong to boot! He escapes from every blanket, and you can imagine most of them he's already grown out of! This thing is a life saver, it fits him perfect in small, and ensures a snug swaddle he cannot escape out of. I"m not sure how the first reviewers baby managed to end up with arms out from the bottom, I imagine that would be near impossible considering the way it is made, large over the arms... and I should know! I have a Herculean child! I think probably the swaddle needed to be snugger then they did or perhaps it was just too big a size for them?. Eitherway I am a happier mom thanks to this swaddle, it even stops his fussiness! Godsend! I am so buying more of these!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
it must depend on the baby... May 21, 2008
By City Mom
We had wonderful success with this swaddle sack and wrap. I found that as long as the wrap piece was low on my son's shoulders, it did not move up whan he moved around. He slept very soundly and always seemed cozy and comfortable. Now that he is older, we use a Halo Sleepsack without the wrap - which is ideal since his little legs kick off any blanket we try to put on him.
This was our choice to replace the "Kiddopotamus Swaddle Me" blanket which other reviewers liked. In our experience, our son managed to pull the wrap piece of the "Swaddle Me" blanket over his face and head which terrified me and led me to "retire" that item and start using the Halo Sleepsack.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Excellent product!! Jun 24, 2008
By Jules
Our son was born prematurely and spent the first five weeks in the NICU at our hospital. Many premature babies cannot sleep (or sleep comfortably) without being swaddled due to the lack of muscular control and overstimulation of their arms and legs. If they were still in the womb they would have very limited movement.
The NICU doctors and nurses will swaddle the premature babies (quite snugly) to prevent them from being able to move their arms and legs. Almost instantly this puts them at ease, and allows them to sleep.
On the day of his discharge part of the instructions we received was that there should be no blankets or cloths in the crib/bassinet and that he should be wearing what clothing he needs to stay warm. The first day was nearly a disaster, as he would not goto sleep for nearly 8 hours! (While in the hospital the longest he had been awake was about 2 hours.) This whole time he was flailing his arms about and crying almost non-stop. We knew that he needed to be swaddled, but we were not supposed to leave him with a blanket.
Then we realized we had a SleepSack Swaddle that we had picked up earlier, on a whim really, while shopping before our baby came home. We read the instructions and correctly fitted the sleepsack to the swaddle piece and put our son in it. Within seconds he finally fell asleep!
We double checked with our NICU nurses regarding the safety of the device and they concurred it was the right thing for us. Without the sleepsack our premature baby would have probably lost weight due to all the fussing and lack of sleep from not being swaddled. Thankfully this amazing product allowed our son to get the rest he needed, and safely, so that he could grow.
The sleepsack swaddle never failed us. If you use it properly your baby should be wrapped snugly so that it is difficult for them to move their arms. It never came up, or even near, our baby's mouth, or gave us any cause for concern. As he was older, and was just past the age of a term baby it became obvious he no longer needed, or wanted, his arms swaddled, and nearly overnight was able to sleep without being swaddled, at that point we switched to just the SleepSack without the swaddle.
For babies who NEED to be swaddled, this product has been a lifesaver! Thank you so much!!
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