Love to Dream swaddle

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Maybe the love to dream swaddles which hold arms up and are zipped with no extra fabric to go over a face? Sounds terrifying but glad they're ok!

Thread: "Well the scariest moment of my life happened and now we can't swaddle arms in"

This is the answer. Love to Dream are the BEST - and make mama nerves calm down. My LO is five months and still sleeps in it nightly.

Thread: "F*** Swaddling"

Get a Velcro swaddle or look into love to dream swaddles

Thread: "What swaddles are actually good for a newborn?"

I use the Love To Dream 'Swaddle Up' which is suitable from birth, although if your baby is very tiny then the newborn size might be too big. Saying that I'm not sure whether my baby actually sleeps better swaddled. He's only 4 weeks but I feel like he just falls asleep when he's tired, for however long he likes, whether he's just in a sleep suit or swaddled. And sometimes when I try to swaddle him after he's fallen asleep, I just end up waking him up.

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Try the Love to Dream swaddles. My baby has preferred her hands up near her face since she’s been in the womb. These swaddles have been amazing for her and they even have transitional ones that allow you to gradually release the arms when baby starts to roll

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This is not a safe sleepsuit if you're bedsharing, they need their arms out and not be swaddled

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Around 3 months we started to transition out of the swaddle. She was starting to roll to her side, so it wasn't safe to use anymore. I really like the Love to Dream swaddle.

Thread: "What swaddles are actually good for a newborn?"

Love to dream swaddles were best for us, so easy to use and baby loved them! They also do transition swaddles with zip off arms for when they start rolling

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Love to Dream Swaddle Up. They have warmer winter ones.

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Our son loved the 'love to dream' swaddle because he could have his hands by his face a bit to help self soothe (but they were not out completley so he didn't startle himself). I have seen a few similar products that let you swaddle but also allow them to have some use if their hands.

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Love to dream swaddle up. Zip, no wrapping required. Hip healthy and controls Moro reflex. Expensive, but you can generally find them on fb marketplace for a good second hand price.

Thread: "Did the Love to Dream swaddles help?"

I can’t speak to if it will help at this stage, but we used them our second night home from the hospital and have ever since. They’re so much easier to get baby in and zip it up. He loves having his arms up and will soothe himself by mouthing his hands. No guarantee they will help but I can’t imagine it would hurt to try them out!

Thread: "Transitioning swaddles?"

I liked the love to dream swaddles! My LO used the regular ones and the transition one

Thread: "Need advice on baby sleepwear and swaddles"

Ok this may be unpopular, but I hated the Halo swaddles. Cheap, itchy material that was crap. Our favorite swaddles were either the Ollie or the Kyte brand. We tried the love to dream swaddle but he never took to it. After the swaddle stage we went to the woolino sleep sacks and they’re fantastic.

Thread: "Is the love to dream swaddle safe?"

Waking themselves up is a SIDS deterrent. Any type of swaddle isn’t recommended. If they get into a position they can’t breathe they can’t use their arms to get out of it. Doing a lot of sensory play by sort of tipping your baby down might help. Like exaggerated putting down motion of that makes sense Good luck!

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Weighted sleep sacks are unsafe - the rest are fine. I’d highly recommend the love to dream zip swaddles!

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Ollie hands down ETA: we’ve tried the Snoo swaddles, the actual snoo, love to dream, muslin blankets, aden and Anais Velcro swaddles, I can go on. Ollie tops them all. Don’t even start anywhere else.

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Love to dream was the only one that worked for us! Our baby got out of everything else.

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Zipadee is different. Their website says they are safe for rolling babies and there is actually a minimum age/size to use them and they have sizes up toddler. It is more of a transition sack than a swaddle and is designed for babies to be able to roll and move in. The love to dream is the same as regular swaddle once baby start to show signs of rolling (or some advise 8 weeks as a percaution since they will often start rolling soon after that) they need to transition to arms free. I'm not familiar with that brand specifically but it looks like after swaddles they sell transition sacks and regular sleep sacks.

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Our daughter loves it. We've been using the LTD swaddle for the last 3 weeks (she's 7 weeks) and it's been a game changer for good sleep. She rarely startles awake and can still find her hands by her face which is where she prefers them

Thread: "Anyone here have their baby in a sleep sack instead of a swaddle? We’re expecting in June and I’m thinking of not swaddling our baby."

Our daughter is a little over 2 months now and we have found sleep sacks/zip up swaddles to be the most convenient! Our favorite is the Love to Dream zip up swaddle: https://lovetodream.com/us-en/product/swaddle-uptm-original-10-tog-gray Available at Target and Amazon as well.

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Worked very well for my first. She liked to suck on the little wings. We only used it overnight though, she needed a proper double swaddle for naps. My second is only a few weeks old so we are still figuring out her preferences, but so far she has done her longest stretch of sleep in the love to dream (also tried the halo and baby origami).

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We used both the Nested Bean Zen One and Love to Dream Swaddle Up. Both our babies slept well in them!

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My daughter loves the Swaddle Up from Love to Dream.

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The love to dream was a lifesaver for us. Our girl loved it.

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Both of my kids preferred to be swaddled with arms up, so we used the Love to Dream Swaddle Up with both of them. It's very helpful in reducing the number of times baby wakes themselves up with the startle reflex.

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You want a swaddle sleep sack like the love to dream. Be aware not all babies like to be swaddled though! For example the love to dream swaddle. You don't want to be faffing with a muslin swaddle in the middle of the night although we do tend to use them during the day Proper sleep sacks are better for when they start to roll and need to be measured properly to make sure they don't ride up as that can cause risk of sids We're using a 1tog in this weather but also have a 0.2tog for when it's a particularly hot night. There are loads of charts online to work out what you need based on the room temperature

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That's how ours looks. It's become our nap time swaddle and we use the Snoo for night. Baby loves it and is comforted by it.

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My baby was in newborn for over a month but she was born low birth weight. She really liked them! I’d go by weight, it’s mainly the neck hole that has to be small enough for them to not slip inside too. Get a few in different sizes and togs off Vinted to save some money :) I didn’t take ours to the hospital because they swaddle them there anyway, at least they did with mine and we left the next day.

Thread: "Well the scariest moment of my life happened and now we can't swaddle arms in"

Had the exact same thing happen to us! Terrifying!! We switched to the love to dream swaddle for an extra month then went sleep sack cold turkey because he wanted his arms up higher. You're doing great!

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That’s how it looked on our LO, idk if it’s normal or not but ours hated it.

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Ours hated it in the beginning (weeks 1-2) because he wanted to run his face with his hands, so we switched to the Ollie swaddle and put hands near face. After a month(ish) we tried the Love to Dream again because the Ollie was such a hassle for MOTN feedings and he actually loved it - we had also introduced the pacifier by then so he was wasn't trying to suck his hands, which could have helped. A month after that, he seemed super frustrated trying to move his legs while sleeping so I tried out the Halo Sleepsack (someone had gifted us one, so I already had it), and he started sleeping soooo good! Basically, I think you just have to try out different swaddles to see what baby likes, and their preferences may change!

Thread: "What swaddles are actually good for a newborn?"

+1 to the squirrel suit! Arms up makes my 3 week old very happy, she hates the swaddle with her arms constrained.

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Our baby hated being swaddled but wanted her arms up! Love to dream saved us. I also felt like Velcro was super loud in the MOTN.

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My little guy is string and likes his arms by his face. A nurse showed us how to make a little collar at the top for the swaddle to tuck his arms into, rather than swaddling down. We also use the love to dream swaddle sack, makes him look like a starfish, and we can use that with the shoulders open on his snoo swaddle and he is really happy in all those positions.

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Love to dream saved us so much hassle. Well worth the price considering how much they sleep!

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Mine is the same way - we got the like to dream swaddles so her hands could be up. Game changer!

Thread: "Need advice on baby sleepwear and swaddles"

Yeah, at that point it’s just a sleep sack. You can use the halo with arms out too.

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Curious, I just bought the Love to Dream swaddle for my 9 week old. He also doesn’t like his arms swaddled down (though sleeps GREAT til he wiggles them out and hits himself in the face 🙃). Did you notice any extra difficulty getting LO to initially go to sleep with the different arm positioning, or startling awake when being placed down? I’m anticipating my son will take a little longer to get to sleep and may need to alter how we lay him down to not startle awake.

Thread: "Did the Love to Dream swaddles help?"

We panic bought love to dream swaddle too. But it caused red marks on LOs hands due to friction, so we did not continue using it. Comfycubs Velcro hands down swaddles from Amazon were the best by far.

Thread: "Hands out of swaddle"

You can try the Love to Dream swaddle which allows the baby to have their hands up. Our baby also always worked his hands out and at the beginning we swaddled him with hands to face position using the Halo sack. Eventually we were able to swaddle him properly because his hands kept waking him up. But the hands to face position sort of helped him ease into swaddling I guess.

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Same! We had the halo one for the first two weeks but he was fighting it. Same with my daughter. We got the Amazon dupe of this swaddle which will save you $10 per which matters because you’ll want at least two of each size.

Thread: "When to transition to arms out?"

We transitioned at 6-8 weeks from the Love to Dream to the Zippadee Zip. I wanted to wait until she was big enough to transition to the arms out love to dream (13 or 14 lbs I think?) but she started showing signs of rolling so we had to transition earlier than I'd like. No issues with the Zippadee Zip so far and it's been about 2 weeks.

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I would recommend moving to transitional swaddles or arm out. The first few days might be a bit tough as they get used to having more freedom, but it gets better! The love to dream, zipadee, and baby Merlin magic sleep suites were all recommend to my husband and I.

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Seconding love to dream zip up sack. We tried various swaddles, and this was the best for us. I especially loved that it’s so easy to get him into that we could do it when he was half asleep without waking him up. Our 4.5 mo is now in the transitional suit, and it’s great, too.

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My daughter likes the Love to Dream swaddles. We didn’t do anything to introduce her to the swaddle, we just started putting her in it for naps. I recommend getting the one that can “transition” with the arm covers that zip on-off.

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Agree on Love to Dream. We’ve just started unzipping them now at 4 months as his startle reflex has finally gone

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We transitioned to a love to dream pretty early, around 5-6 weeks maybe? For naps and nights. She started rolling during tummy time to her back at 9 weeks. We switched to the Merlin suit at 10 weeks for nights, woolino sleep sack for naps. People keep saying the Merlin suit is weighted, I don’t understand that. Ours is three layers of cotton. I asked our ped about it and he says it’s fine, no concern, he says it’s not weighted. She is able to soothe herself with her hands still.  Our daughter sleeps 7:30-6am with one wake up around 2am since we moved to the Merlin. Previously 2 wakeups. No issues with overheating. Cotton footed sleeper underneath, room at 19c. Woolino for naps no issues, she contact naps only still so that is kind of rough but the night sleep is golden.

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Same here. We tried traditional and velcro swaddles for the first few days before switching to the love to dream. After 2ish months we transitioned to regular sleep sacks.

Thread: "F*** Swaddling"

This is the way to go, IMO. Just open the Velcro slowly when your LO is asleep. Edit: it also seems to reduce the risk of hip dysplasia.