I received an Ollie Swaddle Blanket for this review, all opinions are my own.
Everyone knows or soon will know that when you have a newborn there is absolutely no sleeping. I remember when I had my first thinking I am sure she and I will both sleep and it will be fine. Well I was wrong! It was hard getting her to sleep and staying that way. I have a friend who recently introduced me to the Ollie Swaddle which changed her life and it is going to change mine too. My girls are now old enough where they can sleep through the night. I am used to getting some sleep. I know when I have a newborn that is going to change, but it doesn’t have to!
The Ollie Swaddle Blanket is a great blanket to help baby stay sleeping. If you have never swaddled a baby then this is the right product for you. The Ollie is actually designed for babies ages 0-4 months and decreases fussiness and increases self soothing. I finally learned that swaddling my babies keeps them sleeping. I told you my friend turned me onto swaddling and the Ollie and boy I need to thank her. Now that I know that the Ollie Swaddle is out there, I will be shouting from the rooftops for new Moms to go out and get this wonderfully awesome product!
“The technique of swaddling is a timeless practice used throughout the ages. Recent studies have confirmed the benefits which include:
- Helping infants sleep longer and reducing spontaneous arousal
- Helping to keep infants in the supine position
- Soothing pain and reducing crying among irritable infants
- Reducing the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
- Preterm infants show improved neuromuscular development, less physiological distress, better motor organization, and more self-regulatory ability” (Ollie Website)
“My story begins when I fell in love with an infant named Oliver. He was handsome, and yet on the verge of being labeled “failure to thrive.” Other foster parents struggled with keeping Oliver because he was difficult, struggling to eat and sleep. But I was in love, and so I began my journey to help Oliver thrive.
My experience in infant mental health had acquainted me with the timeless technique of swaddling. However, to both my and Oliver’s distress, the swaddles available on the market didn’t seem to help. They either didn’t hold him correctly, were not strong enough to apply a comforting pressure, or they left his legs unwrapped. So my mission to help Oliver took a new turn as I searched for a swaddle which would meet all of Oliver’s needs.
The answer finally came when I created a new type of swaddle. One which would move with him through the night, keep a comforting pressure from his shoulders to his feet, and which would help keep him cool. When I started wrapping my little Ollie in the new swaddle, I began to see dramatic changes. He began to sleep through the night, eating and gaining weight. Most importantly, he began to catch up with developmental milestones which he had missed. Ollie began to thrive!
This change led to a happy ending for Ollie. In 2009 he was adopted by a loving family. Since then, I have been working with a great team to develop a quality swaddle which could be shared with families everywhere. This is the swaddle which I am happy to share with you today, The Ollie, named after my little love.” (Ollie Website)
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