Swaddle Designs

April 22, 2011

Tenille

All swaddle blankets are not created equal. When I had my first, I purchased a few “gimmick” swaddle blankets, pouch style, promising to help new moms figure out swaddling in a cinch and provide baby with soothing comfort.

The thing is, while the velcro on them helped me swaddle the baby tightly, the riiiiip sound of when the velcro came undone (whether purposely or not) did little to comfort a baby in the middle of a snooze.

The other important component of a swaddling blanket is the fabric it’s made out of, and my “gimmick” blankets were a lightweight cotton that always left me confused as to whether baby was truly warm enough.

A few years ago, my friend Amanda had a beautiful baby boy and many of her photos showed her little bundle wrapped up in a beautiful swaddling blanket.

I asked her about it and that’s when I learned about Swaddle Designs.

I said then that if I had another baby, I needed that blanket! I didn’t forget.

When we discovered we were having a girl, I got in touch with Swaddle Designs and luckily was fortunate enough to be able to review my own Ultimate Receiving Blanket in Pastel Pink With Brown Mod Circles.

The Ultimate Receiving Blanket is huge measuring 42 x 42 inches and is made from supersoft premium pre-shrunk flannel (think of it as your favorite flannel pj’s that have been washed a hundred times, that kind of ultimate softness!)

There’s no fancy shape to this blanket and no velcro or pouches to assist in swaddling with this blanket.

This is old-school swaddling (the best way, some say!) but there’s no reason to be intimidated because the 123 Swaddle instructions are sewn on a little tag on each and every blanket (how great is that?!)

I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing that there’s such a variety of prints and colors in the Ultimate Receiving Blanket because it makes me want more.

Amanda (Natural Mommie) remembered my love of the Swaddle Designs blanket and sent me the Pastel Pink With Chocolate Mod Squares one as a gift, so now I have two!

Because of their huge size, super soft feel, and ease of use (not to mention awesome contemporary designs), the Ultimate Receiving Blanket from Swaddle Designs is one of my Must-Have Baby Products and a go-to item for baby shower gifts.

I know any new mom would appreciate the usefulness of this blanket and now that I’m in-the-know, I share my discovery with others.

1 of my readers is going to win their choice of Ultimate Receiving Blanket from Swaddle Designs! To enter, just visit Swaddle Designs and then leave me a comment here telling me what your favorite product on the site is.

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This giveaway will end on May 6th at 9PM CT . Giveaway is open to Canadian and US addresses.