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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We used the sleepea swaddle (the Snoo brand swaddle without the wings) for the first few weeks and our baby loved it and slept fine in his bassinet. Like others say, do it tighter than you even think you need. Then he woke up a little to the world and his tummy got really gassy and he hated being put down and only wanted to sleep on us on his tummy, and we desperately ordered a Snoo at 3 weeks and it was magical. You can also safely incline the Snoo (since they are strapped in) if it's gas/reflux troubles causing baby to not want to be placed flat on his back for sleep. We think this is ultimately a big reason the Snoo helped us. He slept better and better (despite awful gas, tongue and lip ties, general unhappiness all day) and was doing 10 hour stretches by 9-10 weeks old. Anyway, I know it's super expensive and not a practical tip if it's out of your budget, but if you can swing it, it really did save us. They offer rentals, or if you buy, you have 30 days to try it and return. You'll know within 30 days if your baby is taking to it. [/quote]

NP. Did you do some of the other tricks the snoo recommends? Like the rice bag or towel under the legs? Our 7 week old gassy baby tolerates the snoo but locked in the baseline level, the snoo trying to calm her down when she’s grunting from gas/reflux drives her crazy and wakes her up.[/quote]

We never tried the rice, but we did try to towel under the legs. I have no idea if it actually helped, but we stopped doing it after about a week or so. We started doing Little Remedies gas drops during the bedtime feeding and I swear that made the biggest difference (along with time). I think that, along with tuna cans under the legs to elevate the head both helped. And a warm bath every night with a tummy massage during the bath. He was SUPER grunty until about 9 or 10 weeks I want to say - if you look at our Snoo log, it's filled with red during the early AM hours. But the Snoo did seem to help him sleep through the grunts, and he liked the higher motion levels until the 4 month regression when he was over it all.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing! We’re going to try the bath before bedtime and the gas drops.[/quote]

Awesome - hope it is helpful! I should clarify, we do a warm water bath every night but soap only a few times a week so we don't dry out his skin. Started it at 3 or 4 weeks to help with the gas before bed and just made it part of our bedtime routine nightly. He yawns the second he's in the tub still at 6 months![/quote]

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