Zipadee-Zip? Swaddle Up? Help!

[mrsdee1982]

I think it's about time to transition Charlotte out of a full blown swaddle, but she is not ready for "nothing" yet.  One friend swears by the Zipadee-Zip.  Others swear by a Swaddle Up.  

Does anyone here have experience with either of these?  Both of these?  Did they work for you?  Which do you prefer?  

Zipadee-Zip:


Swaddle Up:

[PurpleIris]

I just ordered the Zipadee Zip yesterday. Hoping it does the trick. Would love to hear if anyone has tried it.

[islandgirl14]

I'm so glad you posted this! I actually came on this morning to post about this very issue! J keeps busting out of his swaddle non-stop, so we're also trying to transition out, but he too is not ready for nothing (double negative...grr). Right now we're trying one arm out of the swaddle, but that is giving us complete misery too.

I've heard good things about the zipadeezip, and have been considering it ourselves as a transition swaddle... I will be curious to see the response on this!

[Widget123]

I wasn't much of a swaddler for my kids, but with DD when I tried to transition her from the rock n' play to the crib I temporarily used Baby Merlin's magic sleepsuit, which also can be used for swaddle transitions. It looks like this (not DD in the picture):



For us it wasn't worth the money.

[dmoney]

We just got DD into a Halo Swaddle blanket... you can swaddle them with their arms in or out.. It is good for tranasitioning them into no swadle at all. DD woke us up at 3am crying, and on her belly. Tonight we will be swaddling her with her arms out and see how that goes. It is half the price of the Magic suit and with us getting the "small" sized one she can use it for at least the next 3 months. She is only 11 pounds and short (I am only 5"4 and on a good day daddy is only 5"7)

[mrsdee1982]

I have heard from other friends that they were not impressed with the sleep suit either.


From what I am gathering from another mommy board I am on, the Swaddle Up is great for babies that need a tight swaddle, but also need to have their hands up. The Zippy is great for babies who still need something, just not something as restrictive as a swaddle.

[clbehenna]

R hated being swaddled from the get go because he wanted his hands up by his face, so we started using the swaddle up when he was about a week old. It seemed like magic- he was an awesome sleeper until he was about 9 weeks old and it's been down hill ever since! At this point, I wonder of the zippy would be better as a transition, since it's looser and can get them used to not being so confined?

[dmoney]

Sept 8, 2015 10:22:28 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Sept 8, 2015 9:19:59 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

I wasn't much of a swaddler for my kids, but with DD when I tried to transition her from the rock n' play to the crib I temporarily used Baby Merlin's magic sleepsuit, which also can be used for swaddle transitions. It looks like this (not DD in the picture):



For us it wasn't worth the money.

What is that supposed to do or how is it supposed to help?

  Ive been told its supposed to provide the tightness of a swaddle, but without being as constrictive

[littlemissgrump]

We are dealing with this now too but I think he's too close to rolling for it to be worth it.

This is a link to swaddle techniques and I just started using the 'arms up' swaddle at night. It worked great. I've also used the 'arms only' when he is having a hard time napping on the go.
www.7swaddles.com/all-videos/

[ashbash]

We are transitioning too, right now we "double swaddle" so blanket swaddle with an A&A muslin blanket with one arm out and Halo swaddle sleep sack over that with one arm out. Its been much longer to get him down but over all its been working well since its still tight like a swaddle but has one hand up which he likes and can mouth his hand to soothe

[Widget123]

Sept 8, 2015 10:32:08 GMT -5 dmoney said:

Sept 8, 2015 10:22:28 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

What is that supposed to do or how is it supposed to help?

  Ive been told its supposed to provide the tightness of a swaddle, but without being as constrictive

It is supposed to help muffle the startle reflex and make the baby feel secure even though the libs are a little further apart.

[mathistm]

I wish Lo could sleep in anything. She runs so hot that having anything on her makes her sweat and get upset. She sleeps in a diaper and I hold her arms by her sides or across her chest until she falls asleep. The startle reflex is mostly gone for her at this point but she doesn't know what to do with her hands and flails.

[carolyngrace]

DB has been busting out of the halo sleep sack. For naps I swaddle one arm out, and he's starting to do pretty good with that. But he won't stay asleep long enough at night. I think I might also be ordering the zip a Dee zip.

[jessila]

Swaddle Up!!!!!! Such better sleep with it. LO is a hand sucker and loves the access to his hands.

Edit to say LO broke out of Halo swaddles. He would do anything to get his hands by his face. We also tried another sack that was supposed to keep his hands down and he still broke free. The swaddle up is the reason I moved him from our room though bc the sound of his chewing his hands kept me awake.

[gigi3126]

I haven't used it yet, but I have a friend who swears by the zipadeezip. She said that it was the only way her lo could sleep after she outgrew the miracle blanket.

[baileybaileybne]

I love love love the swaddle up. LO hates being traditionally swaddled and likes to have her arms up. Now that she's getting closer to rolling over, I got the swaddle up 50/50 to let her have one arm out as a transition to no swaddle and moving into a sleeping bag with arms out.

[clbehenna]

Sept 8, 2015 22:51:30 GMT -5 baileybaileybne said:

I love love love the swaddle up. LO hates being traditionally swaddled and likes to have her arms up. Now that she's getting closer to rolling over, I got the swaddle up 50/50 to let her have one arm out as a transition to no swaddle and moving into a sleeping bag with arms out.

I did not know this existed. Ordering one now!

[jcprn]

G sleeps in the halo sleepsack with arms in at night and naps in the zippity zip. LOVE THEM BOTH but I think he's also a champion sleeper in general.

[Widget123]

Gender neutral mystery sale on the zipadee-zip website. $29 for a small or medium.