Woombie Original Baby Swaddling Blanket - Soothing, Cotton Baby Swaddle - Wearable Baby Blanket, Twilight Heather Gray, 14-19 lbs

This swaddle is fear for older babies that still need to be swaddled. I love that it’s so easy. No velcro! Snug enough to help my 3 month old startle reflex. And movement but still stretchy enough for him to have his arms comfortably.. Makes swaddling at 3am so easy and he falls asleep right away.

Despite the fact that this silly thing makes our baby look a bit like Uncle Fester, he seems to really like it. Does he magically sleep for longer stretches? No, but he has done his best sleeping in the Woombie, which could either be related to the Woombie itself or to whatever magic algorithm determines baby sleep patterns for the night. But best of all, he can't bust out of it - at least, not yet. I keep expecting him to bust a hand through the neckline with Hulk-like strength, but so far, the Woombie has contained his wayward limbs whilst allowing him to do the hand-clasping that he so desperately desires.Our kid was a swaddle-buster from day one. Perhaps it has been a futile battle to keep him swaddled, as he busted out of the womb itself a full month early, yet we persevered. Any type of swaddle blanket on its own was a definite no-go, even when he was under six pounds. Clearly, some sort of Velcro swaddle blanket would do the trick, yet we were dismayed to find out that he was too small for them. By chance, I stumbled upon the Summer Infant SwaddlePod, which is essentially the same thing as the Woombie, but tiny and made for small newborns. The SwaddlePod kept the tiny baby arms contained, so it quickly became our favorite thing ever and everybody was happy. Our baby liked to clasp his hands together inside the SwaddlePod and slept with his hands up near his face instead of down by his sides. For a while, the SwaddlePod worked perfectly and everyone loved it...but after a few weeks of hard work, he succeeded in stretching out the necks on all of his SwaddlePods and was able to bust an arm out. Since he seemed to like sleeping with an arm out, this was initially Ok with us, but as this accomplishment was quickly followed by his outgrowing the SwaddlePods, we sadly retired them. Next, we tried the Summer Infant SwaddleMe. It was like the love child of a SwaddlePod and a straight jacket and kept our persistent swaddle-buster wrapped up, so we liked it at first. After a while, however, a combination of baby strengthening and Velcro weakening resulted in one or more arms regularly busting out and by this point, he had discovered that hands can be placed into ones mouth and loudly sucked, waking us up and scaring the cat. This would not do at all. As he was close to outgrowing the size small SwaddleMe, we naively purchased the larger size, thinking that more room to wiggle and new Velcro would solve the problem. Oh no, the new, roomier version did not even pose a challenge - he had an arm out within seconds and by this time, he had learned to laugh and busting out soon became a game to him. We tried not swaddling, which resulted in a very awake half a night before we gave it up - his startle reflex was still strong enough that some form of swaddle seriously helped him sleep. Tried the Halo SwaddleSack and he spent half the night grunting to himself as he worked to bust himself out, ending up bunching the material around his head rather than busting an arm out from the top. Same thing happened with the Summer Infant WrapSack. Tried the Miracle Blanket and he HATED it - that did not last long. Briefly considered DIYing some sort of solution with duct tape (just kidding). Finally realizing that there were a few of our dollars left that we hadn't yet spent on baby sleep products, we decided to try the Woombie. It works fine...for now. It's just like the SwaddlePod that we loved so much, but appropriately sized for a larger baby. I'm sure he'll eventually stretch out the neck enough to bust out an arm, but we've been using this thing for a couple of weeks and the neck seems pretty unstretched, so perhaps it's built with some sort of neck-stretch immunity. Or he's content that he can put his hands together and/or get them into his mouth (through cloth, which thankfully muffles the obnoxiously loud sucking that would otherwise occur and scare the cat). In any case, he hasn't busted out of the thing yet and he sleeps well in it, so we'll call it a win.To sum it all up, from the perspective of the parents of a persistent swaddle-buster, if your baby sounds like this and you haven't yet tried the Woombie, you might as well give it a try. It's not a traditional swaddle, so if nothing else, maybe it will distract your baby from spending the entire night struggling against it and everyone will get some rest.UPDATE: Two months later, we still love the Woombie. There's no way out of it except through the neck and despite my initial skepticism, it was more than two months before he managed to stretch the neck enough to bust out an arm. Washing and drying it on hot brought it back to its normal size, but he's stretched it out again after just a couple nights...so we are now purchasing our second Woombie, one with the convertible arm holes so that we'll be able to use it when we transition him out of the swaddle. He is 5 months now, so we're sure our swaddling days are numbered, but he sleeps so well in the Woombie that we're going to keep him it it as long as possible. This has been one of the best baby purchases that we've made...and we've bought a ton of baby stuff!

This is a life changing product! I wish I had known about it sooner. My baby would find a way to get his arms out of any swaddle blanket, punch himself in the face and wake himself up. We struggled with this for weeks, if not months, before I stumbled upon the Woombie.The Woombie is perfect! It's tight enough to restrict his arm movement but still allows him to move his arms around inside. He now sleeps for long stretches while wearing this. The double-sided zipper makes diaper changes very easy as long as your baby is wearing an outfit underneath that unzips/snaps from the bottom up.Sizing: My baby is now 16.5 lbs and 25.25 inches long from head to toe. I have the "Big Baby" size Woombie and his feet are just starting to reach the end of the sack.Care: the label says you can dry on a low setting or air dry. I would recommend air drying to minimize shrinkage.Con: The only downside of this product is that is prevents your baby from being able to suck on his/her hands. My son would be able to get to sleep faster if he were able to do this. He often tries to suck on his hand through the fabric. Sometimes I'll leave the top snapped, unzip the zipper an inch or two and pull one of his hands out so he can get it to his mouth. So far this has worked and he hasn't been able to bust out with the zipper undone such a small amount.

Upon opening the Woombie I was pleased with the feel and look at the material. The heather pink is cute and the fabric is incredibly stretchy and also breathable and soft. I was also really pleased with the size of the Woombie. My baby is now 4 months old and just over 14lbs. Being at the lower end of the weight spectrum for this swaddle I thought it might be too loose but it fits her snug with room to grow lengthwise. The two way zipper makes the Woombie easy to put on and take off and is great for diaper changes. I LOVE that, unlike other swaddles, there isn't any noisy Velcro, which would always wake my baby up if it needed adjusting in the middle of the night. I also love that my baby has the freedom to move her arms around within this swaddle. She seems to always be comfortable inside it and I feel a little better allowing her to have her arms up rather than down at her sides. The images on the Woombie box show a baby with his arms fully extended above his head. I highly doubt this is a possible position for a baby to get into as the material is stretchy, but not THAT stretchy.I bought this swaddle because my daughter could get her little hand out of other swaddles and stir herself awake. I was a bit disappointed that she is still able to do that in this swaddle. The neck is not very tight but perhaps she will grow into it. And, on the other hand, sometimes it's nice for her to have access to her fingers to self-soothe.All in all this is an excellent product and I would recommend anyone try it for their baby. It's cute on (our friends say she looks like a little sausage!), seems comfortable for baby, and is extremely parent-friendly! My only complaint is that is does not prevent the hands from coming up as I thought it would and as it claims to do. I've used 3 other swaddles with my baby and the Woombie is my favorite!