https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:27:53 +0000 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:56:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=28103 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748350&title=bedding-for-baby#748350 Author: flakesitchyfeet
Subject: 28103
Posted: 16 August 2009 at 7:56am

I swaddled for six months....just didn't know when to swap lol :D
Then she went into a grobag. I find the safe t sleep amazing, for peice of mind and for routine. It can go on any cot, bed, and bassinet, and it's something she associates with sleep...that always helps.]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:56:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748350&title=bedding-for-baby#748350 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748299&title=bedding-for-baby#748299 Author: crakars
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 10:10pm

we used the miracle blanket(for wrapping) - it was great - didnt start with it till he was around 6 weeks as the neo natal unit didnt agree with them - but once we did it was great! - have a safety sleep but found that i didnt really like it - got it from trade me so didnt pay the full 100 dollars brand new. bassinette is great for rocking etc - as there will be some time that its whats needed.

he was born in december - but it was still quite cold them - got hotter late jan and feb - still wrapped but he only wore a nappy underneath.

we have 1 woollen and one cotton blanket - both a big enough to be double so that you end up with 2 woollen and 2 cotton.

sleeping bag is great now that he is not swaddled - also helps with the cues about sleep time]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:10:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748299&title=bedding-for-baby#748299 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748288&title=bedding-for-baby#748288 Author: Febgirl
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 9:46pm

Buy the biggest wraps you can find, none of these tiny 80cm x 80cm jobbies, you need a minimum 1m x 1m - as well as getting longer use out of them as swaddling wraps, once you stop wrapping you can use them a cot bedding, so a lot better value for money.]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:46:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748288&title=bedding-for-baby#748288 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748261&title=bedding-for-baby#748261 Author: SophiasMummy
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 9:00pm

That is good planning re not having to do to much baby shopping in the craze of xmas shopping! I live an hour from any decent baby shops and have found internet shopping to be great. I used the sleepstore and merino kids websites and got everything I needed. I had some wraps but then she go too big for them (don't get to many 1m by 1m as they get to big for them quick) I got online and ordered the big stretchy cotton wraps from the sleep store, then for winter went on to gogo bags. Any way what I am saying is that once bubs is here and no time to go shopping all you need is just a few clicks and a visa card away!!]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:00:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748261&title=bedding-for-baby#748261 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748207&title=bedding-for-baby#748207 Author: mummyofprinces
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 8:07pm

I dont have a safety sleep for Jake and I am not getting one...

We were not going to use a bassinet but jake came before we had a chance to pick up the cot and got leant a bassinet - couldnt have lived without it! It was on wheels and jake was in whatever room i was in for the first 6 weeks and from then just in our room at night. It was so easy at night as he was right there next to me and I just pulled him into bed for a feed.

I found when wrapping Jake that he hated BEING wrapped, but once wrapped he would settle. He still fights being wrapped now but as soon as the second arm is tucked in his eyes get heavy and he starts drifting off... so cute.

I am thinking about moving him to a sleeping bag soon,.. there are just too many to choose from!]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:07:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748207&title=bedding-for-baby#748207 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748152&title=bedding-for-baby#748152 Author: T_Rex
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 6:32pm

Thanks ladies. I hate to think where I'd be without OhBaby! I'll get a swaddling wrap so I have the option to use that if I want to, and see about the other things once bubs is here.
I'm trying to get everything I can sorted pre-baby, cos I live 40 minutes from town, and town tends to be crazy busy pre-christmas, so I don't really want to have to trawl shops when bubs is a newborn.
]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:32:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=748152&title=bedding-for-baby#748152 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747916&title=bedding-for-baby#747916 Author: Mamma2N
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 10:50am

I swaddled DD till she was 3mths. The times when she wasn't swaddled she'd wake alot earlier than usual - (2hourly instead of 4-5hourly) and she couldn't re-settle without being swaddled.

She is now in a gro-bag (only 1tog) so has sheet, woolen blanket folded over & cot duvet over top.. add another woolie if its a really cold night.
Never used a safety-sleep so can't comment.

If I were you I would wait till your baby is here and decide what you want to do - you could try swaddling (just use muslin, its really cheap) and see if it works. Some babies hate it and don't settle being wrapped, some won't settle without being wrapped - My friends DD is still wrapped at nearly 8mths, she loves it!
]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:50:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747916&title=bedding-for-baby#747916 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747788&title=bedding-for-baby#747788 Author: Katep
Subject: 28103
Posted: 15 August 2009 at 3:49am

I was told by a few peple that if I didn't wrap or swaddle I wouldn't get sleep...but I chose not to as mt MW is very anti it. We haven't had probs with her sleeping (apart from what a newborn would usually do i guess).
The startle reflex is the cutest and funniest thing in the world- I would never stop that
I have the gogo sleeping bags but havem't used them for sleeping yet.
I was originally going to put her in the cot from the start but got a bassinet just before she came and I am so glad we got it as I can have it nxt to my bed and also move it round for during the day. ]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:49:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747788&title=bedding-for-baby#747788 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747768&title=bedding-for-baby#747768 Author: monikah
Subject: 28103
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 11:12pm

mack hated swaddling and has slept with his hands above him head from the day we put him in the cot (3 weeks) he was in a hammock for the first weeks and just had blanket on him since all curled up in a hammock and a warm room. now he is in a cot i ave a safety sleep then a sheet and wool blanket, tucked in tight in the cot]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:12:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747768&title=bedding-for-baby#747768 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747727&title=bedding-for-baby#747727 Author: JoJames
Subject: 28103
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 10:06pm

We swaddled in either a cotton stretch wrap from the sleep store, or a muslin, Swaddling helps them feel secure and stops the startle reflex. at about 3 months we bought some lightweight sleeping bags which were great especially when we went camping and it got a bit cold, so at least when he kicked of the covers he kept warm.
Now he has a sleeping bag (2.5 tog) which has been great this winter, he doesn't wake at night cold.
We just used a cotton sheet and a wool blanket if he needed it when he was little, cause wrapping them in summer keeps the heat in quite well.
Now he has a duvet over him,
I've never needed a safety sleep, I would probably wait and see if you need one cause they can cost a bit.]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:06:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747727&title=bedding-for-baby#747727 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747678&title=bedding-for-baby#747678 Author: angel4
Subject: 28103
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 9:21pm

With henry i wrapped him for the first month or so at night only. Helped with letting him know it was night and stoped him startling. He was never that attatched to it though so stopped at one month when i couldnt be bothered anymore and because he was sleeping on his tummy i didnt wrap him as i didnt feel it was safe. he didnt mind. I just used muslin wraps as they are real light weight.
With this baby since it will be summer i will just wrap in a muslin and not put any blankets on (unless its a bit chilly then maybe a extra cotton blanket). If i was putting baby straight into a cot i would definately wrap (swaddle) as i think it would make them feel a bit more secure in a large space.
We didnt use a sleeping bag until winter and when he started moving around - in summer we jsut let him but in winter he needed warmth which is where the sleeping bag came in.
I hope that makes sense]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:21:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747678&title=bedding-for-baby#747678 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747654&title=bedding-for-baby#747654 Author: myfullhouse
Subject: 28103
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 8:55pm

We were given a safe-t sleep as a gift when Jack was born but have never even opened it. I didn't like the idea of strapping him down as such, but alot of people love them. Not sure if we will try it with Ben.

We have swaddled both the boys at night, it seemed to help with the startle reflex and distinguish between night and day. Both boys sleep/slept in the hammock during the day and the bassinette at night.

I think some of it is personal preference and the rest is what your baby likes.]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747654&title=bedding-for-baby#747654 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747625&title=bedding-for-baby#747625 Author: T_Rex
Subject: 28103
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 8:19pm

I'm very confused about what I need for bub's bedding.

What are the pros/cons to swaddling, safe-T sleeps, sleeping bags? Are you meant to use one or the other (in which case how do you choose?) or a combination? Are there alternatives I haven't thought of?

I'm due in December, so warmth isn't going to be the biggest issue, and I'll probably put baby straight into a cot rather than a bassinet, but beyond that I've no idea.

Any words of wisdom greatly appreciated ]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:19:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28103&PID=747625&title=bedding-for-baby#747625