My experiences were almost the same as Karen's. We had two different kinds of swaddlers. One was the Halo sleep sack that came with a separate velcro piece to swaddle, which we used at first, and then later on just used the sleep sack part of it, and the other is the kiddopatomus swaddler, which is a little different but they say you can change their diaper with it on (never worked for us to keep it on). Leela also was only swaddled for a couple of months, and usually only in the evenings. I would swaddle her in this stretchy blanket sometimes and she would always scramble her way out. __We also watched Dr. Karp's video in baby class and the Shushing worked well. We also had this bear that played different sounds (nature, ocean, etc.) that seemed to work (at least for me!) The music sound drove Mark crazy. ____