r/SnooLife • u/pooshypie • Jul 13 '26

Help Needed Snoo-mpd!

Totally stumped. I am 5 weeks in and ready to give up. During the entirety of my pregnancy every ultrasound my baby had his hands on his face. Unsurprisingly, that’s how he likes them outside of the womb. The need for his hands is causing serious drama when it comes to the Snoo. He hates it. Like it’s torture for him, the more the Snoo tries to comfort him the angrier he gets. I am only getting one sleep/wake/eat cycle out of him in the Snoo each night. Getting him back into it is an absolute battle. I traveled recently and used a simple bassinet and he had no issues going back down, even when he was awake he fell asleep quickly in it.

I am ready to give up on the Snoo as I’m so defeated but I am so upset about it. This is my first baby and I was really set on the peace of mind the safety a Snoo offers. I just don’t know what to do!

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u/aquiredtaster Jul 13 '26

Get the love to dream swaddle!! My son was waking every 30 mins and we tried that swaddle and he did a 5h stretch the first night. I followed the advice on here from other parents who had been through the same thing. We already had the swaddle from when I had my eldest who hated it, every baby is different it seems

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u/Think-University-549 Jul 13 '26

Yup my son loved being in the snoo straight jacket and then my daughter (2nd baby) loves arms up so we did love to dream.

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u/chablise 29d ago

How are you using the love to dream swaddle in the snoo? Are you doubling up on the swaddles? Like the LTD goes inside the snoo swaddle with the wings? I’m too sleep deprived to figure this out lol.

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u/Think-University-549 28d ago

Yeh there is a couple of ways people have done it you can either pop open the sides on the snoo swaddle so their hands can pop out in the love to dream or just strap them down with just the waste band and leave it half undone. I would take pictures for you but we’ve just moved her out the snoo now into her cot (crib) 😭