Swaddles for Older Babies

Thanks for this, I am having the same issue with my dd, she is 8kg at 5 months but getting too big for her wrap and need to get something else as she won't sleep without it unless in the pram or capsule.

I know when we go to the ILs I just get a sheet and fold it down and wrap it round and it works great...

PS They are reasonably priced too, only $40!

is it the arms that he needs wrapped T or is it the whole body, We have just been trying this new wrapping technique for the daytime where instead of wrapping over top you wrap underneath them, so it only wraps their arms. Its a bit hard to explain, but you lie them on top of the wrap then grab one side go over the top of their arm and then under their back, and the same on the other side. If that makes no sense I can take photos tomorrow when Lexie wakes up to show you?

I did look at the woombie 1st_Time. Have you used it?

 

I've been wrapping him lately with 2 muslins, one over the top of each but he still wriggles out of it. Mainly as he wakes after the 40min mark and usually stirs a bit and then back asleep, but with the stirring at the moment that is when his arms escape and he's then wide awake. So, it really does kind of need to be an actual wrap.

Would be good if you could take a pic Bex cos I don't really understand

Cool thanks Bex, your a

I just used two of those bunny wraps from babycity, they are huge and really stretchy, I would swaddle her arms dwon with one(wrap over the arms and then tuck under their back), then use the other to swaddle her normally, it worked a treat and she was swaddled up until she was just over 8 months old

I use the GR8X swaddles on Ben and they are great, really stretchy. You can get them from Baby City and a few other places I think.

I think Lexiesmumma wraps the same way I wrap Ben. You have the wrap in a triangle with the long straight side at the top and the point at their feet. Place their shoulders long the straight side with their arms down their sides. Take the corner to the left of them and wrap it straight across their body and tuck it as far under/around them as possible. Do the same with the corner to the right of them. Clear as mud?
The GR8X wraps are really stretchy and you can wrap them quite tightly. Ben very rarely gets out of it, usually I go to get him when he wakes and he is still lying perfectly wrapped

I use plain muslin wraps (have since birth), but the big ones and they work just fine. He does sometimes unwrap himself but it doesnt disturb him.

I used muslin wraps and when they got bigger sewed some together and the worked really well with my DD when she was 11-12mth old.