Swaddling.. HELP newborn keeps getting arms free

[cityangel]

My ds has very busy hands and won't settle at night unless we swaddle him. He keeps escaping from our homemade creations. Today the bespoke blanket we ordered arrived. Sadly it relies on his body weight keeping it in place and doesn't fasten. Ds just wriggles hi way out.

Does anyone use a bespoke swaddling blanket they can recommend? Particulary looking for lightweight options that are great at keeping arms by the sides and maybe have built in fastenings.

all advice appreciated

Maybe he doesn't like swaddling ?

The Miracle Blanket worked for DS, who was something of a Houdini otherwise.

maybe he just likes his arms free?
can you swaddle but leave arms out? Sorry, no recommendations, DS2 always has his arms out too - he sleeps with them above his head.

i use a john lewis flat cotbed sheet - on dc6 and have found these to be the best - fold double the drop top corner over- tightly wrap and cover in cellular blanket hth

swaddle me

These are brilliant they fasten with velcro. A friend gave me hers after I had the same problem with DS2. Never needed to swaddle DS1 so it was new to me.

they also sell them here

grobag/dreampod/sleepin bag? i know your not supposed to, but in dd's first 4 weeeks we would use the xs at the bottom to wrap around her legs, i think it helped her settle and within an hour she had kicked it out to the flat position

Ds1 loved being swaddled. Ds2 and 3 hated it and would wriggle until they were free...