Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe Microfleece, Small, Blue
by Summer Infant, Inc.
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Baby Products Reviews of Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe Microfleece, Small, Blue
Customer Review: This thing rocks!
Summary: 5 Stars
The short story:
* Well worth $10; I would pay A LOT more for it now
* My baby has slept 8-10 hrs a night (up from 3-5 hrs)
since we started using this
* Need it in a larger size but can't find it in stores
A friend loaned us an older Swaddle Me a few weeks ago and I didn't get around to washing & trying it till a week and a half ago. I mean, we swaddle our baby every night with a nice flannel blanket... how could the Swadddle Me be that much better? Well, IT IS.
Leah (now 11 weeks, ~13 lbs) wiggled out of her swaddling blanket by the morning, and although I was thrilled that she was sleeping 5 hrs at night and in a way I enjoyed our 4AM feeding together, I was dreampt of the day when she would sleep longer. But what were the chances for an exclusively breast fed baby?
The first night we tried the Swaddle Me (aka around here as "the straight jacket") I was a little skeptical and hoped that it wasn't too tight. She slept 10 hours that night. And every night since then (the last 9 nights) she has slept no fewer than 8 hours. The 4 AM feeding is gone, and I think it's because my little wiggler doesn't wake herself up because she is seriously restricted.
The ONLY thing I don't like is that Leah needs the bigger size now and I can't find it in stores. I'm about to do an online search to mail order a couple sz L because I'm just beginning to feel human again and don't want to re-enter the world of sleep deprivation until baby #2 comes along.
I should mention that the Swaddle Me that we're using is an older model and has a different type of velcro, but I got a new newborn size one and they look functionally the same.
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: his product is a godsend
Summary: 5 Stars
My son is three months old, and I still can't figure out how to swaddle in a normal blanket. However, because of this swaddle, I don't have to know. It is so easy to use, just wrap and velcro and it stays fastened. We started using the swaddle while still in the hospital, and the baby and maternity nurses all wanted to know where to get it. They wanted ones for their own babies and grand-babies. We started him in it early, so he doesn't complain about it at all.
In fact, my son loves his swaddle. We kept him in it a lot of the time for the first month, but now at three months mainly use it when he has a "five star nutty" where we need to calm him down, or when he is going to sleep at night. It calms him down, relaxes him, and makes him all ready for going to bed. He even puts his arms down by his side when he knows he's being swaddled. It has helped him sleep through the night without waking himself up by hitting himself in the face.
I highly recommend this product, and will be giving to my other friends who have babies. I just wish it was easier to find this product in the larger size - my son is growing out of the small size, and it is really hard to find the bigger size!
Customer Review: terrible product - don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought this product because we only received one swaddling blanket from the nurses at our hospital. Plus, we figured that our son would not be able to wriggle out of something with velcro attachments. Boy were we disappointed. This blanket is so large and so loose that he can get both arms and his legs out of it in a matter of minutes. The regular size seems to have been designed for a 6 month old child, while the large seems to have been designed for a 1 year old! (i.e. up to 22 lbs!!!). This makes NO sense whatsoever as babies only like to be swaddled for 3-4 months at most. Who on earth designed this product? Do they know anything about babies? Our son thrashes about freely in this wrap even though he is only 9 weeks old, and in the 95th percentile for size! We have since learned how to wrap a swaddling blanket tightly and our son goes to sleep within minutes in the blanket, while listening to his soothe-a-sleep bear. I can't believe we wasted our money on two of these things. Maybe I can use them as cleaning rags ...Customer Review: Nice, but needs to come in multiple sizes
Summary: 3 Stars
I really liked this swaddler, but it seemed way too big for my son as a newborn and that's when he really needed it most. He weighed 6lb. 12.oz and was 20" when he was born and couldn't fit into this until he was at least 10lbs. I had to use receiving blankets (the carter's stretchy fleece blankets seemed to work best for me) for the first two months. Once he was able to use it....WE BOTH LOVED IT! He didn't need swaddling much after 3 months so we only got one good month out of it. It's only $10 so that's not bad and it held up well in the wash (I washed it almost everyday that month too) It definately stayed on better than the blankets and the velcro holds very well. Just a tip though...be sure to put your velcro tabs together before you wash it or you will get it stuck to everything in the wash!
In a nutshell, they need more sizes to accomodate newborns under 10lbs., 10-20lbs. and even one bigger as another reviewer recommended for 4-7 month old babies who still need swaddling.