When swaddling is too hard

by Beth Hoyt (Subscribe to Beth Hoyt's posts) May 25th 2005 7:53PM

When you first become a parent to a tiny infant you hear "Swaddle! Swaddle! Swaddle!" from everyone. And yes, we found that swaddling worked to calm our baby and keep him content. But the truth is, I was never any good at swaddling. My husband had it down pat—he could make a baby burrito in 15 seconds flat. My swaddles fell apart if the baby so much as hiccupped.

If only I had known about the Cozy Cocoon! It looks like it has the same effect as a blanket swaddled around a baby, but there's no tricky folding and tucking involved. (Yes, folding and tucking can be very tricky when you've only had about 45 minutes sleep.) The company makes several different types of "cocoons" for babies. There's the original cocoon, the Sweet-Pea, the Baby Bunting, and the Snug Bug. They come in different types of fabrics and fun colors and patterns. They range in price from $18-$35.

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AJ 12-18-2005 @ 6:55PM

We swaddled to help our baby fall asleep. For overnight, she would wake up if our swaddle was too successful because she insisted on freedom of movement. We became proficient at creating loose swaddles that our baby could escape as she twisted and turned in her sleep.

Michele 12-18-2005 @ 6:55PM

Both my babies loved to be swaddled, my mum was a swaddler and I had been taught to swaddle since the age of 12 LOL and it came in handy my husband was like you my kids blinked and the would unwrap LOL
Both my kids like to be wrapped tightly up till the age of like 5 months they both were breast fed till over a year and i tandem nursed a newborn swaddled and I 13 month old and his blankie oh how I miss those days now I have a 17 month old drama queen and a 28 month old climbing jumping boisterous doodlebopping wiggling son LOL