Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe 100% Cotton Knit, Small, Circle Bear
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Baby Products Reviews of Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe 100% Cotton Knit, Small, Circle Bear
Customer Review: A Good Swaddler, But Not The Best
Summary: 3 Stars
My wife and I have used the Swaddle Me blanket as well as its main competitor, the Miracle Blanket.
The pros of the Swaddle Me are: it's cheaper than the Miracle Blanket, and it's less fiddly to get the baby in. This is much appreciated when you're sleep deprived, and it also makes it less likely that you'll wake up an already-sleeping baby when you put her in.
But there are tradeoffs that come with this extra convenience. The Swaddle Me is much less snug; it leaves the baby's arms free to wriggle around, and as our baby got older, we found her arms were slipping out more and more, resulting in a less effective swaddle.
Most disconcertingly, when her arms got strong enough, she was able to slip one wing of the blanket up over her shoulder, where it ended up pulled around her neck by the velcro fastening! As you can imagine, this gave us a moment of sheer parental terror. Fortunately, there was no harm done; the pressure was on her shoulder rather than her windpipe. But the incident was enough to make us stop using the Swaddle Me immediately, and switch to the Miracle Blanket.
I'm still giving the Swaddle Me 3 stars, because it did a great job in the first two months or so. And since I couldn't find any reports of a Swaddle Me actually harming a baby (and it didn't actually harm mine), I have to assume that it's perfectly safe, no matter how scary it looked when it slipped up around the shoulder and neck area.
Still, on the balance, I think it's paying a little extra for the Miracle Blanket, and taking a little extra time to get the hang of it. You'll get a more effective swaddle longer--and you won't have to worry about it slipping.
Customer Review: Works for us :)
Summary: 5 Stars
While it's not a miracle every time, it does help a lot. We bought this blanket when she was about 4 weeks old. It fit her pretty well, and still does (she's 6 weeks now). I can tell that it will be too short before too long, though.
The velcro has stayed put, and she has only wiggled an arm loose once. Swaddling her helps when she is over-tired and fighting sleep. Once she is in the blanket and we give her a paci, then rock her, she is usually asleep within a few minutes.
The material is great for the weather right now, since it's a jersey/cotton material; it's not too hot nor too light. We usually put her in a short sleeve onesie, and that keeps her from over-heating.
I like that it's created in a way that allows you to change diapers without undoing the swaddle around her arms.
For those that gave the blanket a poor review because they say it didn't help their children, they have to remember that each child is different. They may not like swaddling; or maybe sometimes they aren't crying because they need the comfort of swaddling, but possibly they are hurting or have a different want/need at that moment. It doesn't mean the product doesn't work as it should (the velcro stays in place, holds their arms down, etc...). The product doesn't promise to make the baby quit crying, but it says that it swaddle the baby, which is known to help.
Good luck to everyone!
Customer Review: Worth Its Weight In Gold
Summary: 5 Stars
When my daughter was born, I didn't know about swaddling, and it would take me HOURS to get her to sleep! I would feed or rock her in my arms until she falls asleep, then put her in her crib... and she'd flail her arms, wake up and cry, and I had to start all over! What a nightmare!
Then I figured out that since her arms wake her, it would make sense to wrap her in something so she couldn't move them as much... so I started wrapping her in regular receiving blankets. It worked! It became much easier to get her to sleep. But then she wiggled out of those receiving blankets and wake up again.
When she was a little over a month old, somehow I came across SwaddleMe blankets on the Internet and immediately bought it. It worked great! It was so easy to wrap my daughter in it, and it stayed put. My daughter started sleeping so much better!
I wish I found those blankets sooner - it would've saved me from so many sleepless nights!
2 years later, my son was born, and thankfully I already knew about those blankets from the start. He goes to sleep great in the SwaddleMe blanket! Out of curiosity, I tried to put him to sleep without this blanket, and his arms wake him right away - exactly the same as my daughter!
I consider this blanket one of the most important baby items you could buy. It should be a must for a new mother who wants to get some sleep!
Customer Review: Okay, but there's a better option
Summary: 2 Stars
This is going to sound very biased if not written by a corporate office, but I can only say, sorry, this is based on real life experience.
We received one of these at our baby shower and knew from other people that swaddling was the way to go with a newborn. Once our son was born though, this didn't work all that well. He was too long and skinny. The SwaddleMe has a very small velcro strip for the top wing to attach to. Due to how skinny he is, the tabs would go right past the strip. The only way for us to swaddle him was to put the wing under him and hope he didn't wiggle too much. Also, when he would start kicking, the leg covering, which is also held by Velcro would come undone. I would repeatedly go into his room to find either his arms or legs free, if the whole thing wasn't off of him.
All of that said, a trip through Babies R Us found a better solution for our situation. The Halo Sleepsack Swaddle has a zippered sack to hold legs. The wings attach to the sack and have a good size Velcro strip to attach to. It is more expensive, but we haven't had any problems using it. I recently went back to the store to buy some more of them. They're about double the price, but my sleep is worth it.
Overall, the SwaddleMe is an okay product, but depending on your baby's dimensions (skinny and long), it might not be the best one.
Customer Review: LOVED this product and highly recommend it!
Summary: 5 Stars
When my baby was four weeks old (now one year old), he would not sleep on his back. The only time "we" got any sleep was when he was on his belly on my chest or laying next to me in bed. When my hubby mentioned this to our pediatrician, we got a stern talking to and he insisted that we make our baby sleep on his back in his bassinet or crib. I researched ways to help my baby sleep comfortably on his back and found lots of positive reviews for the Swaddleme. So...I forked out the cash and bought one. Much to my surprise, it worked! The main reason my son had such a difficult time sleeping on his back was due to the startle reflex. He would wake himself up when his little arms would flail around. The Swaddleme kept him bundled and he had less episodes of waking himself up. I bought two more and used them until he was around 6 months old. Make sure your wrap your little one up nice and tight otherwise they tend to do a Houdini and get their arms out the top. By the time my son was 4-5 months old, he was sleeping with his arms out (and the startle reflex was mainly gone), but he still enjoyed the comfort of it wrapped around him. Also, don't put your baby in really warm clothes since this adds a layer to their sleepwear. I highly recommend trying a Swaddleme if you are having a difficult time with your baby sleeping on his/her back.