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Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe 100% Cotton Knit Small | 
| Brand: Summer Infant
Category: Baby Product
Department: unisex-baby
Buy New: $8.69 - $15.00
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Rating:  294 reviews
Model: SwaddleMe 100% Cotton Knit Small PARENT
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 Dangerous for Mobile Sleepers! August 27, 2010
Heather F. Tran
I used this swaddle with my first child and loved it. Naturally, I started using it with my second child. This morning I heard her crying and found it wrapped around her neck. She is 3 months old and a "mobile sleeper" who likes chewing on her fingers. She had scooted to the end of the bed and had her arms through the part that has the Velcro. The top part, that still had the Velcro attached, was wrapped around my daughter's neck. As she moved farther down the bed, it got tighter around her neck. Thankfully, I was already awake because of her movement and cooing. So, when she started screaming so suddenly, I knew something was wrong.
stays put, easy to use July 27, 2010
JM
So much better than trying to figure out how to swaddle with a blanket. Stays put and keeps them warm and snug.
Once you get the sizing right, can I give it 10 stars? May 2, 2010
C. Muller
This product saved my sanity!!! We have two twin boys that absolutely must have their arms totally locked down to get any chance of sleep. We were using blankets to swaddle at first, but they kept "escaping" and then needed to be re-wrapped and then calmed back down to get them back to sleep, nightmare! We found this product and that first night we used them they only got up when they were hungry! Of course that does not mean everyone who uses these will instantly have that happen because we all know there are a multitude of reasons why babies get up, but this did exactly what we needed to keep their little arms from flailing while they slept and waking them up. The sizing can be tricky here. They have three sizes, preemie, small and large. Our little guys were five pounds when they were born, so the preemie size was a no brainier, but they did not fit properly into the small size till they hit eight or nine pounds. The large size (which we bought ahead of time to have when we need them) says they start at 14 pounds, but now my little guys are around 15 pounds and the large size is still a little loose on the larger boned of my two boys and it way too big for my smaller boned son. I would almost recommend the preemie size for any newborn under 8 pounds.
As far as the functionality of these wraps they are very versatile. You can undo the bottom and change a diaper w/o releasing the arms. You can also open, but not totally remove, the bottom and use the opening in the backside to strap them in their car seats while still swaddled (this worked wonderfully for us when transferring sleeping babies from a car seat to a crib w/o disturbing them too much). The material does stretch with use slightly and tighten up in the wash (similar to how jeans shrink up after washing them then ease back out when you have had them on a few minutes) but if you have the right size this should not be too big of an issue as the Velcro fasteners have a larger area to fasten to so you just pull it as tight or loose as you need. It is also very easy to leave one hand out when your baby wants access to his/her fingers and thumb. Our boys are three months now and have just started sucking their thumbs (self soothing is such a blessing), but if we leave both hands out the one they are not sucking just flails around and keeps them up still. So when they go down their left hand is out (both are little lefties) and their right hand is firmly tucked in the swaddle.
I looooove this product and would not go through the infancy stage without it!
Almost perfect, one nasty flaw April 28, 2010
Laura Carter (Princeton, NJ United States)
This product worked well for me with two babies, and I'm sure the next baby will love it too. I don't mind that the fabric stretches a bit. But the one sad flaw is that the little hole for the seatbelt is only in the back! You are supposed to swaddle the baby AFTER you put him in the carseat/swing/other seat! This was a real problem. Imagine baby sleeping happily in the swing or bassinette, and it comes time to pick up/drop off another child at school. There's no way to get baby into the carseat without waking him up. Or another common scenario with my children was that baby would fall asleep while breastfeeding (swaddled), and then would need to sleep in a seat or swing because of acid reflux. Again, no way. I'd be stuck holding the little guys upright for 15-20 minutes until I was sure they wouldn't have reflux while lying down. So sad and so unnecessary. With a matching hole in the front it would have been easy.
Wonderful April 22, 2010
Chad A. Boehne (Louisville, KY)
Just as described. Works great in the summer when the fleece is too hot. Perfect size for 4 months and up. My son seems to like it too. He falls asleep in about 5 minutes when we wrap him up.
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