Woombie Swaddle

I'm one of those moms, the one that swaddles their kid and then pushes off the weaning part of it. 

My baby sleeps so well though, he was sleeping 8 hours at night by 10-12 weeks and 12 hours at night by 5 months.

We tried our share of swaddles. Our Lovebug had a very strong startle reflex and would wake himself up constantly. Many of the swaddles we tried weren't effective, as his ninja skills could easily free his hands. 

Finally, I found these Woombie swaddles that just zipped up:

I was worried about it at first, because it doesn't constrain the arms down, he could still easily, and freely, move them about within the stretchy fabric of this swaddle. It did take some adapting, but a few days later, he was over it and it was the best sleeping tool we've used since. Get it here for $28.00. 

I think one of the best parts about this swaddle is that I recently discovered that they make convertible ones to help you wean! 

This, which is basically a onsie straight jacket ;) (get it here for $30.00):

We're on the onsie straight jacket one and it's been so wonderful. They have buttoned slots near the arms, so that you can just free one arm at a time and gradually work up to both arms having freedom. He's doing very well with one arm free at a time. I feel like we're finally on our way to weaning off the need of a swaddle.

Also, if you have a baby that gets anxious while flying, this seemed to help ours out quite a bit during flights.