Help needed for swaddling Princess Houdini

[~Trish~]

I desperately need help! DD is sooooo strong and so determined to get out of every type of wrap under the sun! She needs to be swaddled because her arms wake her up still, but she manages to pull her arms up and during the night gets at least one hand gets out which wakes her right up .

She has been like this from the beginning. I bought a Miracle Blanket when she was tiny and it really worked like a miracle LOL. It is almost like a straight jacket the way it restrained her arms . Unfortunately she grew too big for it and could get out of it. I have tried wrapping her in stretchy fabric and muslin. I've tried different wrapping techniques, but none of them work long term. Our latest is to wrap her in a muslin wrap, then in a Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe. This worked great for a few nights, but then she worked out how to get her arms out of that, grrrr! It is still our best solution atm though.

Does anyone know of a foolproof way I can keep DD's arms wrapped up? I am seriously going nuts! I jokingly told DH I'll start duct taping her arms down .

I look forward to the day we can ditch the wrap, I'd do it now, but she won't sleep at all without being swaddled .

TIA

[my-three-monkeys]

Hi, I had more trouble as my kids got bigger and none of the wraps fitted. I ended up using a cot sheet sideways to make it go the distance.
Good Luck.

[~Trish~]

Thanks for your reply . I haven't tried a cot sheet, but I already know that won't stop her determined hands! The muslin wraps I have are super-long, so length is no barrier for her .

She is so much stronger than her brothers ever were!

[boomba]

I gave up agin this time...both my boys always managed to get their arms out!

I did see I swaddle thing at the baby expo where it has a zipper so there would be no way she could get out of it! Cant rememebr what it was called though?

Good luck hun xx

[Shanti]

I gave up agin this time...both my boys always managed to get their arms out!

I did see I swaddle thing at the baby expo where it has a zipper so there would be no way she could get out of it! Cant rememebr what it was called though?

Good luck hun xx

Amber, you mean the Wombie?? I think that's what it's called. I saw it too at the expo. Wish I'd seen it earlier.... would have been great for my DD..... going to get one for bub #2 for sure!!!

[Olive]

trish i used cot sheets, place alana on the wrap as normal bring one side down over her shoulder and place under her, so her arm is more or less pinned down, repeat on the other arm, then bring the bottom up as normal. hope that makes sense!! worked a treat here!!

[Jennifer13]

When my DD got a bit bigger and could wriggle out more effectively, I stopped wrapping with her legs and just concentrated on the arms. That left not only plenty of material to wrap her with, but it allowed me to put all of my effort into figuring out the best way to keep the arms entwined. She was happily wrapped until 8 mths, when she learned to crawl.

GL!

[Bathsheba]

Trish my babies wouldn't have a bar of being wrapped... they were all very strong... I never bothered. Are you sure that she might not eventually settle unwrapped?

[rufalina]

I was shown a tresillian wrap that DH called the baby straight jacket... DS hated it, as he couldn't get out of it for love or money... Than needed a stiff cot sheet, and was nasty... DS would yell at me the minute I laid him down to start wrapping.....

DS did like the angel wrap(the one from the karitane wrap info sheet), that kept his hands up near his face so he didnt need to fight, and I was able to keep them pretty secure and only used a muslin wrap...

[MummyTummy]

What about using the miracle blanket without her legs in the pouch? I used this and tried some other things, but the miracle blanket won hands down!!

The thing that someone saw at the expo with the zip is called a woombie. There is an Australian website if you want to Google it. I haven't tried it and I don't know anyone who has, but it certainly looks interesting. But I still think the miracle blanket would work better in your case!

[~Trish~]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

AJP - I have just wrapped her in a cot sheet for her nap (I was already wrapping her as you described with a big muslin wrap ) and pulled it up at the bottom and wrapped her again with the bottom of the sheet. We'll see if a double wrap works!

Bathsheba - I would love to not wrap her, but she gets really disturbed by her arms flailing around. I have tried a couple of times and it was a disaster!

MummyTummy - I have already tried the Miracle Blanket without putting her legs in the pouch, but she still got out of it! The flaps to hold her arms in place are too small now.

Thanks to everyone who has made a suggestion! I will give a few of them a try and let you know if I have some success

[boomba]

The thing that someone saw at the expo with the zip is called a woombie. There is an Australian website if you want to Google it.

Thats it! Thats one one i was thinking of Trish. x

[Cassius2]

just a question...is there anyway that she will sleep if you just wrap from under her arms down (ie leaving her arms free)? i just ask as we found this worked a miracle for our houdini...she had nothing to fight against lol.

[Shanti]

Trish!! That's exactly what DD was like too!!! She would get out of the miracle blankets and everything too! It was sooo frustrating! And her startle reflex would wake her constantly... in the end, she was 11wks old when I gave up wrapping her as it was too much of a fight with her and she was too strong and it was becoming unsafe if she got out and the wrap was all over her so we just stopped wrapping her and eventually she got used to sleeping like that, even with the startle reflex. She loved sleeping with her arms up high too.
I even looked into that product Safe T Sleep (??) think it's called.... but never got it.

Good luck have you looked into the Wombie?? They look great.... I wish I'd seen it earlier. Going to get one for the next bub for sure.