SleepHug™

We'd tried white noise, a $1,700 bassinet rental, three different swaddles, nothing stuck. My son only ever calmed down in my arms, and the second I put him down he was screaming again. I was exhausted and kind of annoyed when my sister sent me this, like, another gadget, great. But the first night I put it next to him during his wind-down and he actually kept patting along with it instead of fighting to get picked up. By night three he was falling asleep on his own next to it while I sat right there. I cried a little, not going to lie. My arm has never felt so normal.

We'd already spent close to $400 on sleep stuff that didn't work, so when I saw this I almost scrolled past. Another $60 toy, sure. What got me was the 90-day guarantee, I figured worst case I get my money back. Best case scenario, it actually helped, and it did. It's not magic, she still has hard nights, but the easy nights are so much easier now that my husband can settle her too instead of it always being me. That alone was worth it."

My daughter is what my mom calls 'a lot.' She hated the swing, hated her sound machine, screamed through swaddle changes. I genuinely thought nothing would work for her and almost didn't order this. I started her on the slowest speed just to test it and she actually stopped crying within a couple minutes, which never happens. Still surprises me every time.