Woombie vs SwaddleMe

Before Mr Noah was born, I practiced swaddling with blankets on a doll. I felt like I had it down perfectly, basically its like making a baby burrito. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared to have a baby with super strength reflexes and Houdini like tricks! At about two weeks old the blankets weren't controlling his strong reflexes resulting in a very startled and fussy baby. Luckily I had received a few swaddle sacks at my baby shower, a SWADDLEME and a WOOMBIE. I put the WOOMBIE away because the weight was for 14 pounds plus but the SWADDLEME was for newborns.

The SWADDLEME

The SWADDLEME seemed to work great....for about a week. Somehow my Mr Noah became Houdini and was able to wiggle his little arms out of the velcro! Next thing I knew a hand would be up in the air and the whole bassinet is shaking. My husband and I would joke around saying he is doing the back stroke. As cute as it may look to see the little man moving his arms around, it really wasn't good for him. Mr Noah kept waking himself up which in return means lack of sleep for mommy and daddy. So for the first month and a half I would have to re-velcro his arms every couple of hours in order for him to get some sleep. Then the friend of mine that gave us the WOOMBIE asked if I had tried it yet. I told her no because he didn't meet the weight requirement. But then it dawned on me, Mr Noah was big enough for it!!!!! That night we tried it out and WOW! It worked!!! The little man was able to sleep 8 hours straight!!! And every night since then (keeping fingers crossed that it continues).

The SWADDLEME is great but not for babies that have strong reflexes. I am all for the WOOMBIE. The difference is that the WOOMBIE zips up keeping their little arms and legs close to their body but still allows them to stretch without  pulling a Houdini. Unlike the SWADDLEME which only zips up their legs and you wrap their arms in securing them with the velcro.

The WOOMBIE