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September 6th, 2011, 05:44 PM
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I now have a daughter!!!
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Do you swaddle your baby? If so, do you use a special blanket?
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September 6th, 2011, 05:47 PM
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No, but mostly because I don't know how  I've just never been good at it, and neither of my kids has seemed to prefer it, so I just never learned. I do tuck a receiving blanket around her legs to make her feel snug, but if anything's around her hands she flails around until they're unstuck haha
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September 6th, 2011, 05:58 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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Location: Virginia
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I usually swaddle with a receiving blanket.. However Cole hates it! He will have it all undone in no time. He especailly hates having his hands covered.
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September 6th, 2011, 06:00 PM
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Platinum Supermommy
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Location: Mommy Land, CT
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Maddie likes to be swaddled, I usually use a recieiving blanket and she breaks her arms loose and gets mad about it in no time. I just started using the "swaddle-me" blanket, love it and so does she!
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September 6th, 2011, 06:01 PM
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Veteran
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Location: Gold Canyon, AZ
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Nope....Shelby likes her arms free! I do the same with the blanket around her legs. I have one of those swaddler things that someone gave me and if she like being swaddled it would have been great...but I put it on her and then laughed at how mad she got and watched her try to get her arms out...so stinkin cute! Needless to say, we don't use it! 
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September 6th, 2011, 06:05 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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Yes bentley seems to like it. He is so tiny still I just use the regular receiving blankets. I bought some extra large ones off of etsy for when he gets bigger.
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September 6th, 2011, 06:11 PM
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Claire loves to be swaddled! She goes to sleep almost automatically once she is swaddled. I just use regular receiving blankets.
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September 6th, 2011, 06:41 PM
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First Time Mommy
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Location: Texas
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Nope. We did for a few days after leaving the hospital, but she hates having her feet AND hands covered. We put her in a long sleeved/footsie sleeper and then put a light receiving blanket over her and she usually kicks it away.
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September 6th, 2011, 06:45 PM
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Kim
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Yes! We leave his hands free during the day, but at night we wrap him right up tight, and he loves it. We use receiving blankets or a light blanket.
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September 6th, 2011, 07:48 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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I have some swaddle me sleepsacks by summer I think. I used them a lot at first, but now he hates having his arms in there and then I felt like if his arms came loose then the top around his neck was too loose and I worried about it suffocating him! I am a tad bit more paranoid than most I think though. lol
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September 6th, 2011, 08:16 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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I am using the SwaddleMes with Lew. He sleeps like a rock when bundled up in one!
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September 6th, 2011, 08:22 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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No, Zachary doesn't like being swaddled, especially his hands and arms.
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September 6th, 2011, 10:30 PM
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Mega Super Mommy
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Chauncey hates to be swaddled. Even at 1 day old he was like Hudini and wiggled his arms out of the blanket.
His hands are always cold but he has a fit if we try to cover them. Not a huge surprise though considering my husband won't even put on a hat until it gets to 40 below zero.
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September 7th, 2011, 03:25 AM
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Nope, none of my kids liked it.. maybe I'm doing something wrong? 
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September 7th, 2011, 04:25 AM
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I have some of those swaddle me blankets by Summer, he likes to be swaddled but his left arm has to be free. 
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September 7th, 2011, 04:43 AM
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I now have a daughter!!!
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I tried last night. the hospital gave us a Halo Swaddle sleepsack. Well, I laid her in my bed while I tucked my middle son in. She ended up screaming (cuz I put her down). My oldest goes in to check on her, and about died when he seen her! He thought I was being mean! I told him she was now my lil' prisoner, and I had put her in jail ...LOL...
I'll try again today, but so far no luck!
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September 7th, 2011, 05:29 AM
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Just Rachel
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Nope. We tried when he first came home, but he would wiggle out. I do have some swaddle blankets that someone gave me but I haven't tried them.
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September 7th, 2011, 05:53 AM
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Super Mommy
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Location: Indiana
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Yes! I have to use the swaddle me blankets with the velcro because he breaks out of receiving blankets...I have even started using them for naps and he sleeps so much better!
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September 7th, 2011, 07:59 AM
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I've been swaddling her since birth. We just stopped swaddling during the day, but have been using the Woombies to swaddle her at night and she is sleeping great!
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September 7th, 2011, 08:28 AM
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Platinum Supermommy
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I swaddle everynight, did it with all my babies-they love it! I use a Halo Swaddle Sack-great product! For the other kids I used large receiving blankets, but they always undid and those hands got free-the Halo is perfect that way
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