Sleep Soundly with the HALO SleepSack Swaddle {Review & Giveaway!}

Ahhh…sleep.  It’s so elusive lately.  I miss it.  But I suppose that having a 5 week old in the house isn’t exactly a sleep inducing event.   Slowly, but surely, my body has started to adjust to the late night feedings and functioning on less and less sleep.  And as much as I want him to drop some of those late night feedings, my body is now scheduled for that 3:30am bottle.  I’ve actually found myself awake – when he’s still asleep – wondering to myself if he’s okay in the bassinet.  Because the bottom line is, I want my baby to not only sleep comfortably, I him to sleep safely.

Lucky for me, HALO helps when it comes to peace of mind.  HALO Innovation’s SleepSacks are wearable blankets that you can put your child in to keep them warm and cozy while they rest.  The HALO SleepSack consists of a sleeveless sleep sack and 2-in-1 swaddle.  The SleepSack’s sleeveless design ensures that baby will be comfortable and not overheat, while its inverted zipper (it zips from top to bottom) eliminates the risk of the zipper irritating the baby’s neck and makes it easier for those middle of the night diaper changes.  The 2 in 1 adjustable swaddle lets you swaddle your baby’s arms inside the blanket.  If you’ve ever battled the newborn startle reflex that will wake your infant up from even the deepest sleep (like I did with Greenleigh), that’s huge.  For babies that don’t like their arms to be swaddled, or outgrow the swaddle, you can wrap the swaddle around them leaving their to arms out.

The SleepSack provides a safer alternative to loose blankets that can cover your baby’s face, reducing the risk of SIDS and giving you peace of mind.  It’s a safer way to sleep.  In fact, HALO is so safe and trusted, that it’s used in 1,000 hospital nurseries instead of blankets as part of the HALO Safer Way to Sleep Initiative.  That way, parents start safe sleep practices from day one.

As a mom who has used SleepSacks in the past, I was eager to try out the brand new giggleBABY HALO SleepSacks.  The giggleBABY SleepSacks and Swaddles, are available exclusively at JCPenney and come in both cotton and micro-fleece.  I was lucky enough to receive the new giggleBABY Swaddle in the blue and green dot pattern, which is just perfect for our new addition.

Unlike Greenleigh, Everett doesn’t like his arms swaddled, but he does like the swaddle wrapped around him…it seems to give him a feeling of security, like arms wrapped around him.  The blue and green dot swaddle is one of the cotton designs, which is the perfect weight for our Florida heat.  And it’s easy to clean, just throw it in the washing machine with all the other baby clothes and dry in the dryer.

But more than anything else, I like how easy these swaddles are to use.  Sure, you can always swaddle with a traditional baby blanket – one of the nurses actually complimented me on my swaddling technique during my hospital stay with Everett – but the sleep sack just makes it so much easier.  The velcro ensures that the swaddle stays where it needs to be, regardless of whether your baby likes their arms in or out.  No need to worry if you’ve positioned the baby properly on the blanket or if you’ve wrapped them properly.  No having to redo the swaddle after an hour or two.  This swaddle will stay put.  And it’s easy to remove for those late night diaper changes, so you can get back to sleep faster.  It’s a safer and easier way to sleep. 

Now he sleeps soundly and so do I.

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