Swaddles for Older Babies
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Topic: Swaddles for Older Babies
Posted By: MamaT
Subject: Swaddles for Older Babies
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 3:52pm
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DS is 6 1/2 months and has been swaddled for sleeps since birth, without it he just doesn't sleep well. However, at the moment he is in a SwaddleMe for 6-10kg, he is just shy of 8kg, but its looking like its too small and he is getting one or both arms out during day sleeps which is resulting in 40min naps. So, can anyone recommend a good swaddle for older/larger babies?? -------------  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 4:02pm
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Thanks for this, I am having the same issue with my dd, she is 8kg at 5 months but getting too big for her wrap and need to get something else as she won't sleep without it unless in the pram or capsule. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 4:21pm
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I would just use one of the bigger swaddling blankets- similar to this http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/shop/Swaddling+Wraps/Wraps+for+3+months/Big+Sleep+Store+Wrap.html - http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/shop/Swaddling+Wraps/Wraps+for+3+months/Big+Sleep+Store+Wrap.html ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 4:26pm
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I know when we go to the ILs I just get a sheet and fold it down and wrap it round and it works great... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 1st_Time_Preggies
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 6:29pm
| Have you considered a woombie? You can get them from comfortkids.co.nz and trade me. They go right up till 11.5kg and they can move their hands around in it but not up to their face. My thinking is that this will be the step in between weaning him off wrapping altogether! |
Posted By: 1st_Time_Preggies
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 6:29pm
| PS They are reasonably priced too, only $40! |
Posted By: Renee & Lauren
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 6:52pm
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I just use a blanket (knitted type) and it is big enough for Jayden and it cost me 0!!! ------------- http://lilyslim.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:07pm
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is it the arms that he needs wrapped T or is it the whole body, We have just been trying this new wrapping technique for the daytime where instead of wrapping over top you wrap underneath them, so it only wraps their arms. Its a bit hard to explain, but you lie them on top of the wrap then grab one side go over the top of their arm and then under their back, and the same on the other side. If that makes no sense I can take photos tomorrow when Lexie wakes up to show you? ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:13pm
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Hmmm Woombie sounds interesting, but I wonder, how much can they move their hands? Lily needs to be wrapped quite tight because she moves and wriggles so much! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:14pm
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I did look at the woombie 1st_Time. Have you used it?
I've been wrapping him lately with 2 muslins, one over the top of each but he still wriggles out of it. Mainly as he wakes after the 40min mark and usually stirs a bit and then back asleep, but with the stirring at the moment that is when his arms escape and he's then wide awake. So, it really does kind of need to be an actual wrap. Would be good if you could take a pic Bex cos I don't really understand -------------
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:22pm
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No probs will do with Lexie tomorrow, have found it really effective she can't get her arms out and she could escape miracle wraps! -------------
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:23pm
Cool thanks Bex, your a  -------------
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 7:27pm
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Bex I know what you mean, Kinda like the miracle wrap but without wrapping all the way around. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 8:04pm
I just used two of those bunny wraps from babycity, they are huge and really stretchy, I would swaddle her arms dwon with one(wrap over the arms and then tuck under their back), then use the other to swaddle her normally, it worked a treat and she was swaddled up until she was just over 8 months old  ------------- |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 8:26pm
| I wrapped Isla for almost a year- I just used bigger and bigger lengths of fabric! |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 9:45pm
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I use the http://www.babycity.co.nz/gr8x-swaddling-wrap-pink-white.html - GR8X swaddles on Ben and they are great, really stretchy. You can get them from Baby City and a few other places I think.
I think Lexiesmumma wraps the same way I wrap Ben. You have the wrap in a triangle with the long straight side at the top and the point at their feet. Place their shoulders long the straight side with their arms down their sides. Take the corner to the left of them and wrap it straight across their body and tuck it as far under/around them as possible. Do the same with the corner to the right of them. Clear as mud? The GR8X wraps are really stretchy and you can wrap them quite tightly. Ben very rarely gets out of it, usually I go to get him when he wakes and he is still lying perfectly wrapped ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 9:58pm
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Linzy no matter how tight we swaddle the way you explained unless we use a sheet, she gets free!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 23 July 2010 at 11:24pm
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I use plain muslin wraps (have since birth), but the big ones and they work just fine. He does sometimes unwrap himself but it doesnt disturb him. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: 1st_Time_Preggies
Date Posted: 24 July 2010 at 8:23am
| Yes I have the woombie and found after a day or two, he took to it really well. He can move his hands/arms around a little but can't put them up around his face (which used to keep him awake). |
Posted By: fadeless
Date Posted: 24 July 2010 at 10:16am
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I used muslin wraps and when they got bigger sewed some together and the worked really well with my DD when she was 11-12mth old. ------------- DD 9 ~ DD 8 ~ DS 7 ~ DS 5 ~ DS 2 ~ DS 14mths ~ DD 3mths |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 24 July 2010 at 10:33am
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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 By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 24 July 2010 at 11:54am
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Hope he had a good nap! ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date 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. ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date 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 By: tiptoes
Date 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) ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date 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. |
Posted By: kaybee
Date Posted: 25 July 2010 at 7:16pm
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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 By: CarrieMum
Date Posted: 25 July 2010 at 10:00pm
| 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. |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 26 July 2010 at 9:21am
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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 By: mcshort
Date 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. ------------- Mum to two very active boys, born October 2008 and December 2010. Getting excited about becoming a Childbirth Educator, and LOVIN being a birth support to amazing and courageous women! |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date 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 ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 8:31am
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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 By: High9
Date 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? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 05 August 2010 at 9:14pm
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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 By: Lexidore
Date 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 By: pekemoemum
Date 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! :) ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: Shelt
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 1st_Time_Preggies
Date Posted: 21 August 2010 at 1:47pm
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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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Posted By: MamaT
Date 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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