ErgoCocoon - where have you been my whole mummy life????

I have only recently discovered the ErgoCocoon and I am kicking myself for not looking into this further with my first born.

I had friends tell me about the swaddles they had for their babies where the baby sleeps with his hands up near his head but that they're very secure and stop those newborn startle reflexes.
To be honest, my daughter was such a Houdini that I just couldn't image anything that would stop the little arm that would pop out the top of a wrap - no matter how tight and "perfect" you thought you'd done it.

Well, where were those mothers instincts when I needed them years back? The ErgoCocoon is no doubt in my mind THE BEST investment for your baby.
My son is long. As of Wednesday he is 67cm which means most baby wraps are wide enough to go around him but too short to be folded up and secured around him. We have one big wrap by L'il Fraser Collection which is wide enough, long enough and stretchy enough to do the whole baby swaddle thing but still at some point in the night sweet childs arm will pop out the top and it may not wake him straight away but at some point he will startle and wake himself up. You know what i'm talking about right?

Well. I discovered the website www.wrigglepot.com.au
They have almost anything you can think of for babies AND they offer free postage that shows up in just a couple of days so why would you bother packing a nappy bag, putting the pram in the car, cleaning breakfast off kids faces and juggling your handbag and keys while trying to put the kids in the car when you can go online and order something anytime!
So, I purchased an ErgoCocoon 0.2 TOG Zip Up Baby Swaddle. It's made from pure organic cotton so it's super gentle on babies skin. The zip opens from both ends so changing is easy and it helps if you want to put little one in the car without taking them out of their "cocoon". This model has studs on the arms so when you're ready to let your little ones arms wave freely you can undo the studs and it becomes a sleeping bag.
The other swaddle I purchased was a No Zip Air ErgoCocoon. It's just like the bamboo wraps I have (funny that seen as it's made of bamboo!)  but instead of being a wrap it's shaped like a pantyhose. You just slip the "cocoon" up over the babies body and press the studs at the neck so that no little arms can escape.
Both are summer swaddles but I've seen winter ones for season opposites.  

If it weren't for the fact I've already bought baby gifts for my three friends about to have their babies, I would definitely have bought more of these as gifts. They're worth every cent and I would feel as worshiped as Ellen DeGeneres if I were to pass this wisdom of mine onto a new mother.