Comments on: Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe 100% Cotton Knit Small, Sage

By: Jaspenelle Stewart

Jaspenelle Stewart — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:47:21 +0000

My baby boy (3 months) has always hated being tightly swaddled and he has to have his arms out, so this was really not useful at all for us. I also noticed some of the stitching coming apart after only the second time trying to wrap him it in. Not very good quality!
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:54:29 +0000

I bought this product for my cat! He loves it! I wrap him up in it an cut his nails, then rock him gently to sleep!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Ana_y_lat

Ana_y_lat — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:30 +0000

I read Dr. Karp’s book and decided to buy a swaddling blanket. After doing a lot of research and reading a ton of good reviews on this one, I decided not to spend the $30+shipping on the miracle blanket, but get this instead. Boy, was that a bad decision. We tried a few times, and my baby unswaddled herself within seconds! Granted, we had a big and healthy baby, who was strong, so maybe if your baby is tiny and/or weaker than an average newborn for whatever reason, it might work nicely for a while, but otherwise, don’t waste your time with this. I ended up buying the miracle blanket, and that WORKED! Do yourself a favor, spend the extra $20 and buy the miracle blanket. I could have avoided many sleepless nights if I did that earlier!
Rating: 1 / 5

By: D. Mike

D. Mike — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:43:04 +0000

I bought this and used it for a couple weeks. It was warm and cozy for my daughter. She was a very collicky baby, and I learned from “Happiest Baby on the Block” a proper swaddle keeps a baby’s arms at his/her side. My daughter’s arms could go anywhere no matter how tight I velcroed the Swaddleme. I learned how to properly swaddle a baby from the book mentioned above using stretchy receiving blankets and secured them with a diaper pin. My daughter slept much better that way.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: athenalady

athenalady — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:41:59 +0000

Okay, so the point of swaddling a baby is to keep their arms and legs from flailing around when they’re trying to sleep. Thus, if your baby is active enough for swaddling to help him/her sleep, they’re active enough to get out of this weak, small blanket. I tried this product I received as a gift, and my 7lb. 5-day-old baby had popped the Velcro on this as soon as I put it on. Also, there’s no way to adjust the tightness/fit to make it tighter for a more active baby, or one like mine that can eventually get his hands free (and he’ll work on it until he does) and up to his mouth. I returned this gift (and the other 3 SwaddleMe’s I got at my shower) and just use a big blanket and used the money for more useful items.

The key to swaddling a baby in a receiving blanket (until they’re too big, and then a larger thin blanket will probably be required) is to get the end around and tucked under the baby so that his/her weight helps to keep the swaddle tight enough to keep the baby’s arms secure. I’d imagine that any baby weak enough for the SwaddleMe to work must be not very active at all.
Rating: 1 / 5