Tried this for my 4 month old. Unfortunately, she wouldn’t even go to sleep and typically she falls asleep quickly but wakes due to her hands. Disappointed that I spent $100 on a sleep sack we can’t use and is non refundable even though it was only worn for about 30 minutes
With every other swaddle we used, our little one would be squiggling his arms out and waking himself up. We really liked how there is an inner band that will keep him feeling safe and sleeping. We have recently started using the sleeves as well - it is easy to get his arm in and it's a super well thought out design. The transition swaddle has been a sleep saver - highly recommend this product!
I ordered this sleep sack one night in desperation - my daughter had started to roll over both ways so it was time to have arms out of the sleep sack, but we tried cold turkey and she was waking several times at night after previously being an amazing sleeper. The fact that she will be fine if she rolls over in her sleep in this sleep sack brings me so much peace of mine. She doesn’t wake up all night like she was with arms out cold turkey so it’s definitely helped so much. So thankful for this solution!
Got this when my 3 month old started showing signs of rolling. Arrived within the week, and it has been great! She has slept well in it and had very little disturbance to her usual sleep patterns transitioning from a traditional swaddle to these swaddle sleeves. I was bummed that the sleep pod was sold out in her size, but customer service recommended this product to me and it's been great. I just swaddle around her chest with her old Velcro swaddles to still give her the snugness and warmth of a swaddle, but we probably won't need to do that for much longer. Very grateful for a product like this that doesn't cause her to overheat! I just ordered the other onesie for warmer weather & to have as a backup--I like that the onesie options can be dressed up or down to accommodate the temperature. I recommend this product to anyone looking for help during the transition from the swaddle!
This sleep sack is the perfect way to transition from an arms-up swaddle! My daughter can easily hold her own pacifier in using the sleeves, but I feel good that she can move her arms down and around in case she rolls. It's just warm enough for cozy nighttime sleep without being too warm.
Worked so great! Had him transitioned out of a swaddle in two nights!
My baby has now slept through the night and one stretch was 9 hours!! She is very comfortable in this swaddle because she loves to self soothe. Highly recommend this wonderful product!!!
I’ve been searching for the right sleep sack for my 4 month old. With my two other children, I couldn’t seem to find one that checked all my boxes. I’m so thankful to have found Two Baby Bears and Co! I wish this was invented when my other two were babies. It has made switching from a swaddle to a sleep sack so much easier! I know it’s pricey, but it comes with 2 sets of sleeves and it’s absolutely so worth it!
This transition sack has been helpful for my baby who was starting to roll but has very busy arms when she sleeps! Worth the price has worked effectively for my 13 week busy baby!
My little one loves the swaddle sleeves! You can tell he feels so cuddly and comforted in it! I needed something that allowed him to have his hands but was still safe for rolling and would still give that extra comfort on his arms that a regular sleep sack doesn’t. I bought the body suit since the size I needed in the sleep sack was sold out. Now that we’ve tried it and LOVE it, I really want to get the sleep sack once it’s back in stock in our size!
We absolutely love our star sleeve sack! My 5 month old was waking herself up a lot moving her arms and we could tell this sack helped her immediately. And then she also has a tendency to scratch her head due to eczema so the covered hands was an added bonus. We highly recommend!
I purchased because my baby was having a hard time transitioning out of a traditional swaddle with both of her arms out. This has significantly helped with her being able to have a restful sleep. My baby definitely fights me to get the sleeves on, but I’m sure on time we’ll both get use to it. Once they are on she’s perfectly content and happy.
My little peanut was constantly moving her arms and startling herself awake. She loved to be swaddled with arms in but of course as she began to show signs of rolling we needed to figure out another option. This was the perfect transition swaddle to keep her feeling snug and secure but also allowing her arms to be free. It gave us so much peace of mind!
Our little one could roll and needed his arms out for sleeping. Other sleep sacks he has tried allowed his arms to move too much, causing him to wake up. The swaddle sleeves on Two Bears is the answer we have been looking for! The swaddle sleeves allow full movement for rolling, but the padding slows down his arm movements and makes transferring a sleeping baby to the crib lots easier. We have already purchased 2 more sleep products with a variety of zip sleeves. It worked for our baby, hopefully it helps your baby! 10/10 recommend.
My baby recently started to roll over so we had to stop swaddling her and it made putting her down in her crib impossible because her little arms would flail and wake her. We tried EVERYTHING I spent SO much money on different arms out swaddles and sleep sacks. The baby Merlin one was the worst. We live in Arizona where it's very hot and needed something light on her body that still held her arms pretty decently still. Thank god we found this swaddle! The extra hug from the inside pod helps her feel secure. The first night she wore it she slept 6 hours straight! It's so light we don't feel like it's too warm. We love it
I was so nervous about transitioning out of the swaddle and didn’t want to use a big heavy bodysuit like the Merlin because it’s way too hot where I live for that. I was SO grateful to have found this product! It doesn’t restrict my kiddo at all, he can still get his fingers to his mouth easily, but it helps him sleep better without being woken by the startle reflex. Highly recommend!
My baby has a very strong startle reflex and At 6 weeks I started researching swaddle transition products dreading having to transition him out of his swaddle at 3 months. I thought that trying this out earlier may go smoother and I was right! I love how he is free to move his arms but still feels secure enough where he doesn’t startle himself awake. Our room gets pretty hot so the thinner sleep sack material is also a plus. He is now 10 weeks old and has successfully been using this a few weeks and I feel like he doesn’t miss being swaddled at all!
I purchased the sleep sack with the swaddle sleeves because my little one started rolling early and I needed to transition out of the Merlin Magic Sleep Suit. I love that this sleep sack is safe for rolling babies and I can use for a long time. It was a struggle to transition into and took about a week. But it’s better than going cold turkey from the sleep suit to nothing. The sleeves do seem to help with the lingering Moro reflex. My baby hates putting it on; getting her arms in is a little tricky. And the price is very steep. However, it seems to work and she slept through the night a week after using. Also, the peace of mind knowing she is safe if she rolls is worth it.
Hi Ashley! Thank you for your review.
Pro-tip for the sleeves: put your hand inside the sleeves throigh the mitten cuff, and gently guide your baby's arm through until it reaches the bottom of the sleeve. Hope this helps!
My little man is 3 months and ready to roll over. We were very worried about taking him out of the sleep sack because he is such a wiggle butt. He didn’t skip a beat with the swaddle sleeves and has kept he same sleep pattern as before. He has even slept through the night a few times!
I wish I bought this sooner. My little girl loves sleeping in her sleep sack. I bought this and the Merlin sleep suit desperately and the Merlin sleep suit doesn’t even come close to the magic and comfort the Baby Bears one brings. I love how my little girl’s legs are free and she can kick and hold them apart or together unlike other sacks. Highly recommend to all mamas whose babies are going through the thick of the traditional swaddle to free sleep transition
We purchased two different sleeve sets plus a sleep sack and the footie pajamas. We mixed and matched, primarily using the swaddle sleeves with the sleep sack (so this review is for a mixture of a few different products).
First off, the process of purchasing and determining what we would need was way too complicated and challenging. I took the quiz and scoured the website trying to figure out what would work best for us, and we still did not get that right. I do have a PhD, and I conduct research for a living, so I feel somewhat confident in my abilities to assess information--and I found the website very challenging to use. I wish I'd started out by getting the sleep pod instead of sack or footie pajamas. The website should be more clearly organized to guide parents to the products they need. Next, the quality of these products is really good. They are super well made and I love putting my son in them because the material is great. Soft and a little stretchy. Again, clearly high quality.
Unfortunately, however, the swaddle sleeves were not the solution for us. We needed to transition out of the swaddle (which our son loved!) at about 10 weeks, and I was hoping this would be the fix. He was a fantastic sleeper in the swaddle, but the swaddle sleeves (+sleep sack) didn't seem to help his transition very much. I don't think they hurt, and he didn't seem to mind them per se, but they also didn't seem to help at all either. In fact, his second night transitioning out of the swaddle we had our worst night of sleep ever since he was born :( I don't know that the sleeves were any better than going straight to a regular sleep sack would have been. Our fourth night of transition, we put him down without any sleeves or sleep sack (because they were still in the dryer!) and he ended up sleeping his longest stretch yet out of the swaddle. The footie pajamas themselves are great quality and I'm glad we can use them (and the sleep sack) even if we don't need the sleeves. But that's an expensive footie pajama and sleep sack. I am sure this is a case where every baby is different, so your mileage may vary. We ordered a sleep pod + star sleeves when we realized the swaddle sleeves + sleep sack/footie pajamas were not going to cut it, but unfortunately the shipping takes so long that we are still waiting for the pod and new sleeves to arrive. Which leads me to my last point...
A big downside to these products is that the shipping times take SO LONG. While I appreciate free shipping, you do need to be prepared to wait a week or more for these to arrive, which is an eternity when you're in newborn/infant sleep land. When you're trying to transition and in need of a sleep product, that time frame is unfortunately just very unrealistic. I planned ahead for our transition and still found myself waiting for the products to arrive. There is also no room for error/experimentation, because once they arrived and we realized that the swaddle sleeves, half up sleeves, sleep sack and footie pajamas were not going to be our solution (despite the quiz telling me so!), we wanted to try the sleep pod and another set of sleeves. I ordered those five days ago and am still waiting for them to arrive. At this point, however, we have effectively transitioned out of the swaddle (after a few very tough nights!), so the sleep pod will be of little use to us. I am disappointed to have spent so much money on something that we already don't need before it has even arrived, but hey, I guess we'll be ready for hypothetical kid #2. (And the company is up front that shipping takes awhile. But if you think, "sure, they say it takes that many days, but maybe it won't actually take that long"--it does. It does take that long, and sometimes even longer. We purchased first to the west coast, and then a few weeks later to the east coast after moving. It took a long time either way. Maybe if you live in the midwest it's faster?).
Bonus: he does look absolutely adorable in the sleeves!
My baby went from 30 minute naps to 1-4 hour naps!! I got the onesie option as I was nervous to spend the money for the sleep sack, but I wish I would have as she does get a little fussy having to get fully changed before a nap. So if your on the fence, go for the swaddle or sleep sack! It is nice though being able to use the swaddle she was used to already. A great way to transition to arms out! Baby is so comfy!
We tried just dropping the swaddle cold turkey at 3 months because our baby was breaking out of it and waking himself up anyways. We were up every 3 hours so I ended up buying this in the middle of the night out of desperation and it works perfectly!! He fusses getting it on because we’re not very graceful getting his arms into the sleeves, but he sleeps just as well in this as he did when he was swaddled!! Life saver!
The swaddles are nice and comfortable. The zipper stays down. The swaddle is safe for rolling. My baby has slept better in the swaddle. I really wish y’all would work with Nanit sleep sacks. Just an idea. The star sleeves have mild resistance that while asleep detours my 5 month old from attacking hands in sleep. I am going to purchase another one for the other twin and continue to buy as they age.
This was a wonderful purchase! The sleeves really help my baby not startle herself!
