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MamaT 
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 Posted: 24 July 2010 at 10:33am |
Well, I have him wrapped in two muslins at the moment. One the way you explained Linzy and the other the same but instead of starting with baby on the wrap I have the wrap starting on his chest IYGWIM?? He has now been asleep for just over an hour. FX he stays down, but that is the longest day sleep we've had in a week. 
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Posted: 24 July 2010 at 11:54am |
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Hope he had a good nap!
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Posted: 24 July 2010 at 2:27pm |
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Sounds good! You could use cot sheets too if the muslins get too small.
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MamaT
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Posted: 24 July 2010 at 3:27pm |
Well it didn't last. He woke up moments after posting this and had an arm out 
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Posted: 24 July 2010 at 8:13pm |
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I got a piece of stretch cotton fabric from spotlight and that works really well. 1.5m x 1m. (Or it might be 1.5 x 1.2m)
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Posted: 25 July 2010 at 10:42am |
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With my youngest I would use a single sheet. Cut in half and hemmed. (or just folded over) This would be to swaddle.
I would then use another sheet and put it under the mattress ie sheet on base of cot and hanging over rail then put mattress on top. Then I would pull it tight and it wouldn't pull out from under the mattress and then pull it tight over bubs and tuck it in. The single sheet needs to be long ways accross cot not the traditional way that you would make a bed. This worked like a safety sleep as there was no way bubs was moving. Sheet has to be completely under the mattress so that you end up wrapping the mattress with bubs in it IYGWIM.
Hope it helps.
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Posted: 25 July 2010 at 7:16pm |
haven't read all the replies but we have Aden & Anais wraps which were plenty big enough for ds at 6 months when he weighed 9kg. I found that using Sharlene Poole's (baby Whisperer) swaddling technique which involves making an extra fold at the shoulder before you wrap it around the back, worked really well for keeping the swaddle tight so he couldn't escape it
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Posted: 25 July 2010 at 10:00pm |
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There is a large size Kiddopotamus Swaddleme wrap that you can buy. I found it quite difficult to find as most baby shops only stocked the small size. This worked pretty well for us until I decided to wean from the wrap.
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MamaT
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Posted: 26 July 2010 at 9:21am |
I've gone ahead and ordered a Woombie (in Mega Baby size) so hopefully it helps.
Thanks for all the help/advice ladies
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Posted: 04 August 2010 at 10:48pm |
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Hope the woombie works really well!
I went to Spotlight and got their super-wide muslin and after washing and shrinking it was about 120cm wide, and 140cm long. I made 2 so that one was in the wash and one being used, and it has a) good breathing ability being fine cotton, and b) good 2-way stretch.
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 8:12am |
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I still use on occasion a big piece of stretchy merino, wraps tight & doesn't over heat
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MamaT
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 8:31am |
I've had the Woombie for about a week now and our sleeps have drastically improved, from 30-40min at a time to 1.5-2hours.
I'm so pleased with it.
It did take a couple of days for him to adjust to it as its quite stretchy so he does have movement, but I think that is probably a good thing.
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:13am |
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Hmm might have to get one, is it like being unswaddled but with some restriction? that may have been the adjustment if so. Also did you get 1 or 2?
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MamaT
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:14pm |
Its still like a swaddle, its a zip up one, but its more stretchy than the ones I had been using.
I just got the one to start with, may get a second one too now that I know it works.
It comes with a leaflet that says it may take some adjustment as it has more give, should really have trusted them aye. 
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Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:21pm |
Lol we got Lexie a zip up swaddle and she broke the zip... I tell you I totally have the ultimate houdini
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Posted: 20 August 2010 at 4:58pm |
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great news that the woombie is helping. I think at the age of your babies it's a good idea to introduce something that gives them a bit more use of their hands so they can use their arms/hands to push up when rolling :) Before they are rolling we used the miracle wrap and our houdini didn't escape but once he started escaping that and didn't sleep well we used the Peke Moe! :)
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Posted: 20 August 2010 at 9:34pm |
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I used to wrap Gabrielle in a cot sheet. It was massive but it did the trick. When she got to about 9 months I switched her to a peke moe and she loved that. I think we used the peke moe for about 6/7 months till she grew out of it.
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Posted: 21 August 2010 at 1:47pm |
So glad you liked the woombie! I have found ours really good. He knows it is sleep time. I tried him for an afternoon nap the other day without it as I would like to wean him. 25 minutes of flailing arms and crying, I gave in and put him into the woombie again, asleep within 2 minutes
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MamaT
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Posted: 21 August 2010 at 2:20pm |
I really  our Woombie. I washed it today and have only just got it dry, in the mean time I was resorting to our old wrap and a muslin over top and he was only sleeping for 30mins at a time, whereas with the woombie his sleeps are around an hour to 2 hours.
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