To Swaddle Or Not To Swaddle
Every baby is different. Some love to be swaddled whilst others prefer to be able to move freely. I have experienced both of these from my children when they were born.
My eldest preferred to be wrapped nice and snug, my second liked to be loosely wrapped and my daughter despised having anything around her from birth. I wonder what baby number four will be like. As I said, each baby is different!
It is common knowledge that most babies feel secure when they are swaddled as it is a familiar feeling for them, having grown in such a tight space for 9 months. Unfortunately for parents who are already trying to figure out the whole parenting thing, some infants find comfort in being swaddled however prefer their hands to be able to move about. Just in case you weren’t struggling enough already!
For more information about swaddling babies with a blanket, see how to swaddle a baby correctly.
Love To Dream Swaddle UP Reviews – Denim Stripe
Thankfully Love To DreamTM are changing parents lives by allowing them to rest easily knowing their child is sleeping safely without being derived the use of their hands. The Swaddle UPTM allows newborns and infants to sleep in their natural position with their arms up but still having some control to calm their startle reflex. Research has shown that babies swaddled this way settle faster and sleep for longer as they are getting a better rest.
Swaddle UP features
I love that Love To DreamTM create practical and comfortable sleepwear for babies, but their skills don’t end there. They now embrace current trends so your little one can be a stylista and on trend instead of sticking with a simple pink, blue or white swaddle blanket. The new limited edition Swaddle UP Denim Stripe is a classic denim design. The arrangement is fun and features a mint green stripe making it an ideal unisex pattern.
This gorgeous swaddle is made from soft fabric and features no seams inside for maximum comfort. The twin zipper makes it easy for nappy changes without having to completely take it off and disturb your baby. Travelling with little ones can be tricky when they enjoy being swaddled however the travel slot on the back allows for peace of mind and comfort.
Available in two sizes, the Love To Dream Swaddle UP comes in small (3-6kg) and medium (6-8.5kg) for $41.95. You can purchase this adorable and practical swaddle from Love To Dream Australia.
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Would love to win for my nieces new baby that is due quite soon great idea
Gently rocking and softly singing a lullaby always calms and settles baby to sleep.
My little man, who is 7 weeks old, has a bed time routine which always settles him. A shower with Daddy, a massage, then into his Love to Dream “swaddie” (as we lovingly call it), and finally a breastfeed with Mummy. The little guy can barely keep his peepers open after all that! Add in some extra cuddles and kisses, and he sleeps through the night.
I would love to win for my little one due any time now. We had a bigger one for bub #1 when he was 6 months and it’s really helped him settle to sleep! Wish I had it earlier as it really worked. So, I would really love to have a smaller one to fit bub #2 so no more struggles settling bub to sleep from day 1!
First baby I had to carry around in a wrap, which was ok till she got heavy.
Second baby I was reduced to wearing my husbands shirt over mine as he would always settle better with him- go figure!
Current 9 week old I have been wrapping but I’m really bad at it because he is always out of it in no time haha
We *LOVE*LOVE*LOVE* Love To Dream swaddles, we call ours the ‘caterpillar suit’. I would love to win one so we could have a spare for when the one we have is in the wash. Using the Up Swaddle has helped my very-easily-startled 3 month old baby to sleep better and longer.
I settle my lil man by swaddle wrapping him with his arms up and then a little rock to put him in his cot we then play a ocean waves song on our ipod dock then shh him with his dummy in …. if its just a nap usually he is tired himself and all i have to do is put a blanket on him and he will snuggle it and go to sleep
Gentle rocking in mums arms wrapped up in the love to dream swaddle up usually does the trick!
With our first we used jersey wraps, our second used swaddles, rocking and a dummy. For our newborn (third) we use wraps during the day and a love to swaddle up original for nighttime.
walking/rocking and a tune or 2
Would love to win for my 2 week old boy who sleeps swaddled.
Our bubs were swaddled, but after a warm bath and lavender oil massage, I used the same technique as used with orphaned animals, by putting a ticking clock beside the bed and it worked, it was kind of like a soother and perhaps lulled them into a relaxed state, but whatever it was we had peaceful sleeping babies.
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Cuddling, soothing and a dummy on hand
It isn’t the way that I always planned
I wrap him up nice and tight
And cross my fingers he sleeps through the night
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I found them both different but to settle my son I found that gently stroking his cheek sent him to sleep then I could sneek away……
I don’t know yet as I’m due in October – but hopefully with the love to dream swaddles which have been recommended to me mum friends!
With great difficulty. She see’s me and screams more. Fortunately my wife has the magic touch.
Cuddle, while patting his backside always worked.
Cuddles and lots and lots and lots of nursing or rocking.
Positively dreamy! I have used nothing else but Love to Dream. My little wiggle pots slept like a dream in them. It was their cue for pushing zzz’s…
I made her milk drunk!
Zipped up in a Love to Dream Swaddle at every sleep (gets hard when you have to wash it having only one swaddle) and using the Baby Shusher.
Our tiny little baby loved to be held by his dad & sung to sleep in the rocking chair. Not many other people appreciate my husbands singing voice but to Peter it was the most soothing sound in the world.
I will spending a lot of time on our balcony nursing so the little on can listen to the sounds of all the birds in the nearby bush. Settling, natural sounds.
My man rubbed in one direction a line just above the eyebrow to the cheek and our sons eyes rolled and he dozed off. He thinks he has magic fingers.
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Hopefully it would be easy… But as our little one is due soon, I’m planning after a bath and a feed to either watch football or the wiggles with our little one and crash out together on the lounge, when by while mum takes some well deserved “mum” time
Gentle massages helped a lot bub relaxed and mumma got a good nights sleep
What’s big, has googly eyes, a beard, is super macho and a baby whisperer? My Dad! Don’t know how he does it but quickest solution!
We are trying to stop rocking and cuddling. I am finding humming works brilliantly. I make up a new hum every night. I think he just loves the reasurance of my voice.
Tried just about everything. My son was always difficult to settle, and no matter how tightly I wrapped him, he would always manage to kick the blankets off. He was a terrible sleeper and I often wonder if those sleepless nights could have been avoided or lessened if I had one of these.
I am about to have my first child, so wouldn’t be able to answer about my own child, but my nephew becomes settled only when you bounce him in the air above your head. So cute, and makes for a good arm workout!
Going for a drive in the car or rocking her back and thourth in the pram use to work for my daughter.
warm bath and snuggles just before a few rocks in the crib
Rubbing on the back (like a gentle massage) worked every time!
Number one loved gentle pats on her back, but number two was a tougher nut to crack…..he finally succumbed to the gyrations of the washing machine….no I didn’t put him in it! ……I secured his car carrier on top & set it for a loooong wash.
All 4 of my mini-men have been ‘wrappers’. We even resorted to cot sheets with my eldest when he reached 10 months and still wanted to be swaddled! The ‘love to dreams’ are brilliant in that you can eventually wean them with the 50/50 suits too.
I cuddle my little man to sleep
Swaddled and some pats gently put her to sleep
Gentle rocking and humming is the one that works for me! Bub is asleep in no time!
It is quite time consuming but allowing my little man some more breast time after a feed always settles him and allows him to drift off to sleep. Background music is also useful and soothes him while he is being comforted at the breast.
By following a routine, warm bath, book, cuddles, swaddle and then put down in a comfy warm place to sleep
I settle my baby by tapping the mattress next to his head and ‘shhhing’. I also have an amazing bassinet that plays white noise and vibrates which I use to help me when all else fails.
Driving the car around our local neighborhood until baby is asleep. Then comes the delicate operation of transfer from capsule to cot!
We settle our little one’s with love, lullabies and the warmth of swaddle luxury; beautifully heartfelt expressionism to truly treasure.
boob…..works every time
In a swaddle she loves to rub her hands on her face to settle once in it just calms her down.
I had to use white noise on my phone to put bubs to sleep as well as swaddling and rocking.
I’ve settled all my babies ( and planning to with my new bub) humming a little tune…
“Hush beautiful baby, don’t say a word,
You’ve been fed, your bottoms clean and you’ve been burped.”
“I’m now desperate for my cof-fee,
So I’ll rock you gently till you fall sleep”
I have oil babies, without their therapeutic oil massage of purest quality no sleep in this house!
we follow the 4 b’s at bedtime Bath, Bottle Birp and Bed
Baby Wear! I cuddled my daughter like a Koala, hearing my heartbeat and sharing body warmth soothed her and settled her the fastest way each night!
Boobie! I may have turned myself into a human pacifier, and ended up with the stretchiest boobs around, but it worked when everything else failed!
I love to sing, so a couple of lullabys, cuddles, hugs and turn on the musical mobile. Usually works well!!
My saviour with my twins was the vibrating rocker, after a feed it would soothe one to sleep whilst I fed the other
With music and rocking, my daughter is a music baby. It doesn’t matter what type she loves them all from classical to rock, with the only exception being Britney Spears, she hates Britney.