Pre-baby, I had every intention of swaddling Gregory for the first 1 or 2 months. It seemed like an excellent idea in addition to being super cute (fun to do with dolls and stuffed animals). But since Day 2 of Gregory's life, he's been a champ at working his way out of his swaddle. After a few days of us trying to swaddle him and him breaking free, we gave up. But when his colicky period rolled around, swaddling was one of the few things that helped calm him down, so we started trying to do it again. However, unless someone was holding him, he would still manage to squirm his way out of his swaddle in a matter of minutes, no matter how tightly we tried to make it or which blanket we used. I wanted to swaddle him to help him sleep, but I didn't like want him to get all SIDSy. It got so frustrating that I wanted to resort to tape or an ACE bandage to tie him up, but that seemed less societally acceptable, so I resisted the urge.
Then a friend gave us some Swaddle Me swaddlers that use Velcro to strap babies down. Yay! It worked brilliantly. Such a life-saver. But here's the recent development: Gregory has figured out how to--I kid you not--get the swaddlers off. He doesn't break through the Velcro, but he'll slowly inch the swaddler off his shoulders and down his arms until he's free. For example, the other morning, at 4 a.m., I heard some smacking coming from his room. I went to investigate and found him sucking on his hands with his swaddler all scrunched up around his middle.
But hey, at least it doesn't cover his face when he breaks free, so I'm still happy.
Then a friend gave us some Swaddle Me swaddlers that use Velcro to strap babies down. Yay! It worked brilliantly. Such a life-saver. But here's the recent development: Gregory has figured out how to--I kid you not--get the swaddlers off. He doesn't break through the Velcro, but he'll slowly inch the swaddler off his shoulders and down his arms until he's free. For example, the other morning, at 4 a.m., I heard some smacking coming from his room. I went to investigate and found him sucking on his hands with his swaddler all scrunched up around his middle.
But hey, at least it doesn't cover his face when he breaks free, so I'm still happy.