Those are definitely the 4 S's of a warm night's sleep. Let me quickly address each one and let you know why it is a sleeping miracle.
1. The Sleep Sack - the sleep sack is just that, it's a blanket that looks like a sack with little holes cut out for the neck and the arms. A baby can toss and turn in it and it won't fall off. It also won't suffocate their cuite pa-tutie little faces. The Sleep Sack also makes small babies look comically long. I give the sleep sack an A ++.
2. Swaddler - this is a blanket that has velcro on it and basically mimics the womb. It keeps the baby snug and their extremities tight against their little bodies. Isaac seemed to love it the first few weeks, but now he likes his arms free to do their flailing and such. I give the Swaddler an A.
3 and 4 - I am going to combine the slanket and snuggie into one category because they are basically the same thing. A snuggie, in case you haven't seen the commercial, is an adult size blanket that you can wear. It is pretty sweet because the commercial depicts people playing games, at a football game, reading, knitting, cooking, watching TV, and so much more, all without taking their blanket off! The slanket was recently seen on 30 Rock when Liz Lemon becomes obsessed with the slanket and she wears it the whole episode. It totally made my day to see and hear about the slanket on 30 Rock. Dave and I have always made fun of the Snuggie/Slanket but really, I think I would fall in love with my Snuggie/Slanket if I owned one. I love to be warm. I give the Snuggie/Slanket an A + for it's hilarity and for it's practicality (even though I have yet to purchase one.)
Go S's of Sleeping!!!!
3 comments:
I love my bed, bath, and beyond brand snuggie! I give it an A+, even though it makes me look like a jedi!
Ellie has that same blue sleepsack, she's still wearing it at almost a year old. I love the Carter's long sleeve ones when it's colder, but they only last 'til like 3-6 months (even on my tiny kids).
My kids never liked the swaddling blanket thing with the velcro . . . it was never tight enough for them. They slept TIGHTLY swaddled in a large receiving blanket for the first six months . . . and I'm talking it's the ONLY way they slept. When not swaddled, even in a carseat in a moving vehicle, they couldn't sleep. And I couldn't swaddle them tight enough, they'd thrash and get out of it and wake up in no time. Only my husband could get it tight enough . . . when Ellie was 4 months old and he went to Mexico for a week for work, she started waking up EVERY TWO HOURS again, basically just to inform me that my swaddling skills were crap. Good times.
I want to try the snuggie though!
So last night I was sleep talking, and told Dalan I was wearing a slinket (meaning slanket),and that I was Liz Lemon!
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