Woombie Original Swaddle

great product, awful customer service – I bought the Woombie original for my 2 week old. Confused about what I should dress my baby in under the Woombie, during the winter months I emailed customer service asking for their recommendation. Their response was ‘you know your baby better than we do, so you decide’ WHAT! I know my baby, but I don’t know your product. Most similar pouches are… Read more

able to offer a guide.. I don’t understand how I’m expected to use a swaddle that doesn’t come with a TOG seating or guide to what is safe to dress your baby beneath. I ended up purchasing another similar swaddle that actually came with a guide and tog rating. Seems like this company is more concerned about covering their butts in the instance something was to go wrong, rather than offer parents any sort of advice.

My baby won't sleep in anything else – My baby is now 6 months old and has been sleeping in her woombie from about 6 weeks old. We had heaps of trouble swaddling her in muslin wraps as she would wriggle her way out of them. This was made worse because as she grew the muslin wraps became too small to wrap her in effectively. I tried the "Love to Dream" wingsuit but she hated having her… Read more

arms up by her head. She loves the woombie as her arms are tucked in and now she won't sleep in anything else. Plus its so simple to use that my husband can easily put her to bed for me now (just zip it up!), whereas he had a really hard time trying to wrap her in the muslin swaddle. I've found them to be very good quality - we only have two of each size so they rotate regularly through the wash and dryer and they still have their shape and haven't worn at all. My bub can't wriggle out of it, she sleeps soundly, there are different sizes for when your bub grows, my husband can use it easily without messing about with the traditional wrapping techniques. You can't use it in the carseat, which means that if we go to someone's house for dinner we put her in it for bed, but have to take her out of it to put her in the car which thoroughly wakes her up as unzipping it and freeing her arms is usually her cue for awake time.

Love love love my Woombie – I recommend the Woombie to everyone that I can, now that I've used it. I had my premmie baby in it from when he was a couple of weeks old and only 5lb (2.2kg) - the length of the Woombie wasn't a problem, I just tied an elastic band around the bottom of it as suggested by the Woombie page, and it was fine. My baby is now 6 months old and… Read more

still loves his Woombie - even if he grizzles as we put him in it, as soon as it's zipped up he is so comforted and calmed by the snugness of it that he is quickly off to sleep.

I have 4 Woombies so that we can rotate them in the wash, and one of them is the older style with the velcro closure at the neck. I admit that I do prefer the snap closure, but they both work the same otherwise.

They wash really well - still look like new, and are great quality and retain their stretchiness and firmness.

I am looking at getting a Convertible version of the Woombie now so that I can transition my baby into learning to sleep with his arms out so he will eventually sleep in a sleeping bag. Great quality, calms baby and makes them feel secure Neck stretches a bit after time, but not a huge issue

Excellent – I have 3 woombies, an old one I purchased almost 2 years ago and two new ones I got recently: new big baby and a new big baby convertible. I have noticed that since my last purchase they have improved the product significantly. Better press stud, its longer and better fabric. None of my new ones have the velcro that one of the reviewers was… Read more

talking about. Both have a press stud covered by this lovely velour cover so its soft on your babies chin. I totally love the woombie and have recommended it to all my friends although I sometimes find that so many people just dont get what I am on about as I am so excited about getting quality sleep at night. In a nutshell, I have used so many swaddles and most of them that pin down your babies arms I find frustrate both my children. The woombie on the other hand appears to soothe my baby as they can place their arms in any position without startling themselves. Everytime I put my baby to bed during the day without a woombie she sleeps for about 40minutes and them wakes up. I find with the woombie I get a lot longer out of her as she doesent startle herself after her sleep cycle. Great quality fabric, Easy to use, Baby loves it, comes in a convertible option to open up the arms

A lifesaver when my bub was tiny – My daughter was in a Woombie from birth and it was brilliant! She's a hopeless 'startler' and quite strong, and would always wiggle her way out of muslin wraps. The Woombie made her feel snug and was a great cue for 'sleep time'. She does love to suck her hands though (through the Woombie!) and as she grew, this became a bit tight for her and… Read more

she would get upset that she couldn't move as much. Asa result, we've moved her into a grobag but will keep my Woombies on ice for when/if I have another hub because they are so great. We were given one as a hand-me-down It got a bit tight as she grew

Love the Woombie! – My daughter has slept in a Woombie at night since we brought her home from hospital and it has been fantastic so far. I originally thought it was way too tight but they do stretch a little with each wear. It is meant to be tight so bub feels secure and sleeps better. I have tried stretchy wraps but they always come loose and bub gets a hand out.… Read more

She definately sleeps better at night because she is so snug.

The two way zip is fantastic for nappy changes as you don't need to take the Woombie off. The only hassle I have had with it is getting bubs arms to stay down to get her zipped in! A wriggly baby just doesn't cooperate sometimes! Great choice of designs (Woombie Air), keeps bub snug and sleeping soundly.

Love it! – We were skeptical about using this at first, but soon realised how amazing it was. When my son first started wearing it we were worried it was too tight because it has quite a snug fit, but then realised that it would leave marks on his skin and we wouldn't be able to fit 3 fingers down the neck area (with bubs in it) if it was too tight. It… Read more

helped our baby sleep comfortably as it gave him to snugness he was used to within the womb whilst still being able to move his arms and legs around without being affected by the startle reflex. Comfort for baby, helped with extra sleep Looks tight on (its not, but the fact that it looks tight might deter people)

this product and the customer service is a joke – To begin with its over priced. The sizings are ambiguous at best. I tried the summer one on my son and he sweated profusely. I contacted woombie for a refund and the sent a rude email back saying I should sell it on eBay!!!

not good – my lo 5wks HATED it and it looked SO tight esp around neck dont think will try again twice for 10mins was enough :-( have bought an ergo pouch and love me up baby swaddle will try them as he gets out of all my wraps my lil escape artist nothing just not 4 my boy wasted my money

Poor customer service – I purchased 2 x woombies off the great reviews it got on this site. When I got Them I tried it on my daughter and she slept terribly and was I concerned about the material being so tight around her neck and it irritated her skin. I tried to get a refund for the one I did not use and sent them an enquiry they took ages to get back to me and now am… Read more

not in The 14 day exchange period lets just was very disappointed with product and company! Not helpful Apparently works for others Poor service, return policy

Amazing item! If used correctly - you will not be sorry!!! – I have used the Woombie on both my children. The first child was an escape artist in every swaddle. It was beyond frustrating. I stumbled upon the Woombie when she was 6 months old and was beyond thrilled. She slept straight through the night with no problems and extremely comfortable. She is now 2 1/2 years old and an amazing sleeper and I… Read more

believe it's because of the Woombie. When I had my second baby I used the same Woombies that her sister had and began using them from day one in the hospital. She began sleeping through the night at two weeks old. She is 6 months old and an amazing sleeper. Buy the Woombie!!!

Love em! – Wow, I love Woombies! There isn't anything as frustrating as your baby waking at 3am as you have poorly swaddled them at 2am - this fixed that! In fact, I think every newborn should be given a woombie upon leaving the hospital, especially for first children! I wish we had one for the first few weeks with my first born, a mother of 6… Read more

recommended them to me after I told her that Joe was waking because we can't swaddle properly when we (the parents) are exhausted in the middle of the night. When we had our second child, we used it from day one and never had the 'bad swaddling' experience.

If you are a new parent, pay the money, get this as it works.

I've used a few wraps but this is DEFINATELY the best by far – I started using a wrap me up on my daughter from 6 weeks and she has now got a posture problem. I have since changed to a woombie and have found a big improvement in her posture and she absoluetly loves it. She sleeps 10 - 12 hours every night very comfortably. I have now got 4 wraps 2 original and 2 fleece for winter. I wish i had used a… Read more

woombie for my first child.

Have been recommending them to everyone. The best thing about this wrap is you and you child will get alot more sleep which makes for happy days. They dry really fast. Absolutely nothing wrong with this wrap. LOVE IT!!!!!!!

Fantastic wrap - my baby sleeps through the night now – My baby got sick last month and would wake every two hours because he would get out of his wrap and/or his reflexes would wake him up. I had tried lots of different types of wraps because he likes his hands near his face but felt like a zombie with not much sleep night after night. So I researched on line and found that Woombie wraps had lots of… Read more

positive reviews and looked like the perfect wrap for me. When I rang Doona, I got great customer service to discuss which wrap was best for me and I received it within 3 days of ordering it. Now my little boy sleeps through the night and some of his day sleeps even go past the "40 mins" cycle. Thanks Woombie Australia, you have helped this mum so much! Good Customer Service. Reasonably priced. Keeps baby safe and secure. A nice range available, including the transition into sleeping bags. I wish they had a convertible "Summer" wrap for older babies.

Terrible – Steer clear of this item if you don't want to waste your money. I was given a similar item by my beautiful mother in law which is called a "Love Me Baby Wrap Me Up" and it is simply wonderful. I have recently purchased some more as my baby uses them all the time, and it is good to have spares as my baby has a little reflux. My original wrap… Read more

though, still looks and feels like new. Unfortunately I have to give the Woombie a BIG thumbs DOWN! Good idea, but not much else good to say I'm afraid. The poor quality and mediocre customer service from lady running the Australian operation. If you have a problem, you are on your own. My Woombie literally fell apart after a couple of uses. First went the stitching, then the zipper went, then velro went, and various holes began emerging in the material.

Fantastic Product! – When our third child arrived, a friend recommended we purchase a Woombie. I only wish I had this product with my first 2 babies! Baby zips in like a lightweight peanut shaped sleeping bag and sleeps for a good 6-8 hours straight. The product works like a fabric womb, stretching slightly to allow movement but still restricting baby's movements… Read more

to prevent startling and waking. I bought 3 - one on baby, one in wash, and one spare. Easily washed. Easy to use. Would recommend to any new parent or parent to be! So simple to use, and safe for baby Slightly more expensive than other swaddlers, rrp around the $40 mark

Tight fitted material! My little man falls asleep easily – Im not sure which woombie i have but i think its the woombie swaddle. Its very snug fitting, strong stretchy material unlike other brands where after a couple of washes that the material begins to wear thin. Bub has arms holes which can open up and close off when his put to sleep. Strong stretchy material Doesnt have seatbelt hole underbum. Price. Huge zipper gives the impression you may zip up your childs skin, so far this hasnt happened

Terrible customer service!!! – Very helpful whilst trying to sell me the product. Told me which size to purchase, upon receipt it was miles to small for my baby. I contacted woombie again she pretty much told me it would fit even though i had tried it on, and explained i would not be getting a refund due to my 'change of mind'. She was actually quite rude. The next size up was… Read more

miles too big but i had no choice but to exchange. In the mean time i had to purchase one that fit (ergococoon highly recommended) now i have a useless $50 purchase. To make matters worse my exchange arrived badly beaten in horrid packaging making it impossible to sell. :(

Refund policy a joke

Sanity saver!! – My son was a little houdini...no wrap could hold him. A friend recommended the Woombie so I bought one, and was SO glad I did. My son slept so much better in the Woombie because he wasn't getting unwrapped during the night, and I slept better because I didn't have to worry about him getting smothered by the wrap coming undone. I used the Woombie up until he was about 8 months old. Best baby product ever. Keeps baby covered & secure

Woombie=SLEEP (for both bub and mum)!!! – A friend from the States recommended Woombie to me and boy am I glad I listened. Traditional swaddling was just not cutting it for me. I love how you can get convertible and summer ones too. Nice cover for the zipper too. I've purchased: Regular Woombie Summer Woombie Convertible Woombie Houdini Woombie I loved all of above except for… Read more

Houdini. My boy didn't need Houdini and it was waaaay too tight to fit him in it. My 20 week son is currently using Summer Woombie and it's awesome. Perfect for our Australian summers. I'd say it's .5 tog or lighter! I wish they have convertible summer ones! That way i can ease my son into using sleep bags.

He loves suckling on his hands and binky and this kills two birds with one stone. A) he's not slobbering all over his hands/outfit B) he never "drops" his binky!

I've tried having him wear sleep bags like GroBag and he just won't sleep in it as he keeps dropping and "losing" binky! Good material, different varieties (summer, houdini, convertible, etc), durable, double zipper (zips up and down with ease), cover for zipper on top. I noticed some Woombie has a button zipper cover or valcro zipper cover. I prefer the valcro as the button comes undone on occasionally. Can be expensive purchased in Australia. Houdini was useless for us. We didn't use it once.

Terrible – The idea is a really good one, and if possible you should source a similar better quality product. I believe there are lots of them out there. I was very disappointed, but maybe others will have better luck. Purchase at your own risk though. The concept is a good one, that's about it. Didn't like the quality. Like many others, I had issues… Read more

with various parts being defective. The quality does not match the high price. My son could also escape his arms out of it. I also have a strong dislike for the velcro at the neck because it is so close to the baby's face. The ripping of it to open the suit startles the baby awake, and my son was very hard to settle once this happened, as it probably scared him half to death.

Fabulous simple idea – I love the Woombie and cannot thank the designers enough. It worked wonders for our baby girl. She hated being tightly wrapped but every time she startled she would wake up so we were faced with a difficult situation. Since using the Woombie from 1.5 months old, she always has good day naps and sleeps 12 hours per night with a quick feed half way… Read more

through the night. I find she wriggles out of other wraps and gets very unsettled if we take too long to wrap her, so the Woombie is perfect. We have had it for 2.5 months and it is still in good condition, although looking a little worn now because it is used for all sleeps. Nice soft stretchy fabric, quick and easy to wrap baby, great for hot or cool nights, easy to wash and dry Its a real pain when we have to use other wraps while waiting for this one to dry on the line and they are too expensive to buy two, especially because babies grow out of things so quick.

Perfection! – This product has got to be the best Swaddle on the market at the moment. We had a very tiny girl who was somehow able to get out of every wrap until the Woombie came along. It has made our lives so much easier as now she doesn't wake herself up and sleeps through the nights. The material is of the highest quality, along with the zip and velcro… Read more

and the colours are nice. I am so glad that people still make such good quality products and keep them at affordable prices. I just wish I had know about them earlier and not bought all those wraps! Great reliable product

Excellent – This the best baby product we have used for our baby. He loves it. A friend lent us the newborn one (regular woombie) and since then we have bought two in big baby (a deluxe and a summer) and two in mega baby (convertible). He sleeps so well and they are so easy to use. Baby loves it and sleeps really well in it. As soon as he is zipped up he… Read more

knows it's bedtime. Good quality fabric and fasteners (we've had the snap kind and a press stud). Baby is secure but can still move around quite a lot because the fabric is nice and stretchy. So much easier than wrapping and he doesn't escape. Two way zip is handy for nappy changes at night. Not sure how to get him to sleep without it now he's older. We have the convertible woombie but so far he's gotten really upset when we leave one arm out.

Excellent – We tried several products and ways of wrapping him and he really slept the best in the woombie. Didn't have any problems with the quality of it and washing it, etc. We bought the organic one which zips both up and down. Our son really slept well in it from the start, and we've only stopped using it as he started getting too big for the one we… Read more

had and we got given a bigger size Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe. Otherwise we would've bought another one of these. He's a bit of a mini-Houdini and he never never wriggled out of this though he managed to do it with other wraps. the velcro tab at the neck was hard to close as he got bigger. he started having it in his mouth. Also this is a bit pricey.

Terrible – The "original" Woombie with the press stud is excellent. We have one and our daughter loved it. We washed it in a delicates bag with the regular washing and it still looks good. The "new" Woombie has in my opinion a fatal flaw. The new woombie uses Velcro under the chin. Unless it is perfectly sized and attached (on a wriggling baby) it will… Read more

scratch their chin. The irritation caused our our daughter to shake her head exasperating the problem and after a few hours sleep drawing blood. We moved to other brands that don't have this problem. Comfortable, soft, comforting. Cut my daughters chin.

Excellent – I found that the customer service was fantastic, the lady on the phone helped me buy the correct size and fabric to best suit my baby and I received my Woombie the next day. So I have had a really positive experience and recommend them to everyone who is having a baby. I really love this product! My baby slept through from the day we got it, she… Read more

couldn't get out of it and didn't wack herself in the face but she could still suck her fists through the fabric - which was definately a plus when her dummy fell out in the middle of the night. I have used the Lil'Houdini and the Original Woombie types and unlike a couple of previous reviews found that the quality is really good and definately worth the money, especially the amount of use they get. The colour choice is great too, not just white, pink and blue for once. Nothing it truly has lived up to everything it promotes on its website.

Bad – Waist of money, I wish I never bought it. At least I can share my experiences here and warn others. Everyone has different thoughts. I have tried all 3 zip up swaddles styles and woombie is definitely the worst in quality. It fell apart. I think some people have had good experiences with them, but i didnt.

Terrible – Expensive and a complete waste of money. I purchased this woombie for $40 and it literally fell apart in a short amount of time. Poor customer service added to my bad experience. No positives with the woombie. Cheap and nasty fabric causes damage within a few wears and washes.

Excellent – I would suggest this to any new mum, It gave me some sleep and made my baby much happier. Overall this is a great invention and gave me piece of mind that my little girl was warm and secure. Worth every cent for piece of mind. My Daughter would not sleep through the night, she startled easily and would wake constantly, this stopped her from that… Read more

scare factor and she slept for 4-6 hrs each night, I found the customer service to be really good and the shipping very quick. I have now bought 4 Woombies, i have found some batches better than others, I found that the white Woombies to be thinner and did get small holes in it, however the coloured thicker Woombies have lasted long and are a better product quality. It can be hard to transition the child into sleeping with arms out, but they have a new convertible to assist with this.

Excellent – The woombie without a doubt is the best baby product i have purchased. I have recommended it to all of my friends in my mothers group. Do not waste your time wrapping baby the traditional way as the woombie will keep your baby feeling so much more secure from birth ie like the womb and so keep your baby sleeping for longer periods of time without… Read more

baby waking itself up with the startle reflex. Keeps baby warm, secure and makes baby feel like it is still inside you tucked up in your womb. Material is not too stretchy like the ergo baby and fits baby as per weight and height suggestions. I would have said no criticisms at all but the makers of woombie should definately think about making an opening at the bottom for nappy changes through the night.

Excellent – I love it. My baby went from sleeping 4 hours at a time to sleeping 10-12 hours overnight as soon as I put him in the woombie. I bought mine second hand but it definitely would have been worth the price new. He even now actually sleeps for longer than 20 mins at a time during the day, he never did that before! I am so glad I bought this and will… Read more

definitely get the next size up once he's outgrown the current one. Bub now sleeps through the night, can't escape from it, double zipper means I can just zip from the bottom to do nappy changes and don't have to completely unwrap him. Nothing so far.

Excellent – Overall this is a great idea. I tried every other wrapping style and size and this is the only one that has worked. It took my son quite a few days to get used to it but now he loves it. I think the woombie is definetly worth trying if your baby is a houdini. I started off with the big baby and now my 7 month old sleeps snuggly in the mega baby.… Read more

Very easy to use (even my husband can use it), baby can't get his arms out, can use it in all weather conditions. Little pricey for the quality. The neckline on one of my woombies was to wide and my son could still get his hand out, after adding an extra press stud myself it is now effective.

Bad – After using and the thoroughly enjoying the 'Woombie Deluxe' for our newborn, we decided to try the 'Organic Woombie' once he needed the next size up. These Woombies are different as they are made of organic undyed cotton, have a 2-way zip (excellent feature), velcro rather than snap closure, and wider neck. Unfortunately the velcro closure and… Read more

wider neck mean that our 3 month old can get his hands out very easily and into uncomfortable positions around his face, waking himself up during the night constantly- even if we put a wrap over the top. I would not recommend the Organic Woombie unless they change these two features. Quick and easy way to swaddle baby, two way zip makes night-time changes easy, comfortable for the baby. Price (a little high for the quality), the velcro closure, and the wide neck.

Poor customer service – This is a five star product and my baby sleeps well in the woombies but I was not one bit impressed with their customer service