Child: Miracle Blanket
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Weaning Our 5 Month Old from a Swaddle - Please Help!!!
Asked by J.B. from St. Louis
on June 11, 2008
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My 5 month old is completely dependent on a swaddle to sleep. She currently uses the miracle blanket and needs it 100% of time. If she is not swaddled tight enough, ...
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- I didn't read all your advice but heard enough - let her be swaddled - so you got that part! My other tidbit was to tell you - I know of children who needed to be "swa...
- I agree with many of the other mom's who have said, why ween her? If it is working, let it be. She will eventually outgrow it on her own. Babies have a way of letti...
- J., We just got our almost 7 month old out of the swaddle... actually he let us know he was ready to be out. I felt the same way you did about the swaddle because he...
Is Velcro Bad for Babies?
Asked by M.F. from Chicago
on August 10, 2008
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I am expecting our first child within the next 4 weeks and am busy getting things ready in the house that I will know that I need. I was planning on getting the "swad...
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- Just another consideration when it comes to actually swaddling your baby -- my son HATED to have his arms in so we would leave them out and just swaddle his body. He's...
- I don't know about those blankets but make sure the hospital nurses teach you the proper way to bind the baby in the blanket so the arms are not flailing around causin...
- I would wait to see if your baby even likes swaddling before you spend the money on those. Some babies actually hate being swaddled. I bought one of those and mine did...
Swaddling/sleep Positioning?
Asked by M.A. from San Francisco
on May 17, 2008
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My son is three months old, and until very recently was co-sleeping with my husband and I. He would start out the night at 8pm in his bassinet next to our bed, and af...
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- Hi M., Ah....you have a houdini master at 3 months! My son did the same but found comfort with the miracle wrap as your son...so I just began to leave both arms out...
- I would definitely stop swaddling him now- too dangerous. He'll learn to sleep without it-- though it is hard at first...
- HI M., My son hated being swaddled from the day he was born. The nursery would bring him to me swadded and comen in crying. once i took him out of it he was super ha...
Do All Babies like to Be Swaddled?
Asked by A.S. from Chicago
on April 11, 2011
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Let me first say that I'm a big believer in swaddling. My first son always managed to get out of his swaddle as a newborn, so I always thought he didn't like to be sw...
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- Maybe she's too hot or too cold? I can't imagine being that little and not liking the swaddle but I only have 2 LOs for experience =) I do know that if either one o...
- My baby girl hates it. When she turned about one month old, she decided that she liked to be "free". She wanted to move around a lot and plus she seemed to get reall...
- I have never had, nor met a baby that liked to be swaddled, but I am sure they are out there. The thing that stuck out from your post is the startle reflex waking...
6 Month Old Waking EARLY Just for Paci... Need Advice!
Asked by S.E. from Dallas
on October 7, 2009
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I have a wonderful almost 6 month old daughter. She slept through the night very early on and we counted ourselves very lucky! We are still using the miracle blanket (...
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- Well your teaching her to teach you to get up and get that paci in. ") Unless she's a thumb sucker I would suggest that maybe you stop the paci now before the need ge...
- We became slaves to the paci too and in a sense still are. We have a 13 month old son and he would wake several times a night for his pacifier. We finally started to l...
- Put several pacis in her crib and soon she will be able to reach out and get one and put it in her mouth. Until then just get up, give her her paci and count yourself...
Sleep Issues - 4 Month Old
Asked by M.C. from Chicago
on July 6, 2008
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My daughter started sleeping through the night (usually from about 8 pm to 6am) at around 8 weeks when we started using the miracle blanket. For the past 1.5-2 weeks o...
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- We too used the Miracle blanket and loved it. We stopped using it around 4 months so he could learn to sleep without it. We also stopped using the bassinet. It took so...
- She is most likely still hungry. If you haven't started cereal give her some at at her last feeding before bed time. The usual reccommended amount is 1 Tablespoon. If ...
- hi- my son is 4 months too and did the same thing and then he got 2 teeth! Now his sleep schedule is going back to normal, so it could be that.....
Transitioning Out of Swaddle
Asked by H.D. from Philadelphia
on April 1, 2008
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Hi,
My daughter is a little more than 3 months old and she sleeps at night wrapped in a swaddle blanket (the miracle balnket). During the day she naps in a bouncy c...
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- Hi H...I'm also a first time mom. My son is now a little over 2 months. He has always hated to be swaddled..so since he was about 3 weeks old he has slept in a sleep s...
- My little guy is 2.5 months old, and he just did not like to be swaddled after his first week. He always wiggled out of it to fall asleep. A few weeks ago, after he ...
- I think it is more of a need thing than an age thing. My two month old is in Sleep sacks now, as he unswaddles himself in the night.
Anyone Have Any Experience with Weaning Baby off Swaddling?
Asked by S.L. from Cleveland
on March 9, 2008
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We have been swaddling our 4.5 month old since she was born. We are currently using the miracle blanket. We swaddle her for naps and nighttime. She currently sleeps...
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- I had a friend who swaddled their baby for 9 months because the baby was so fussy without it. I wouldn't worry about how long you swaddle the baby - my friend's son i...
- We used to swaddle our (now 5yr old) girl when she was brand new because she just refused to sleep. But we felt she needed to stretch out and be free so we stopped swa...
- I swaddled my son for at least 8 months. He loved that cozy feeling and would naturally wriggle out of it through the night after a few months. I didn't use the mira...
Swaddle Vs. No Swaddle
Asked by L.L. from Dallas
on October 31, 2009
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I have a 3 1/2 month old that we are still swaddling during naps and nighttime. She sleeps great if she stays in the swaddle but if she breaks free, which happens a l...
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- Our daughter was the same way she LOVED to be swaddled, and would wake herself if she was not swaddled. She loved it to much that as soon as you laid the blanket out s...
- My babies wiggled out of the blanket before they ever hit 2 months. My second really didn't like to be swaddled at all. I think it will just take time for her to get...
- I never really swaddle my children,I always thought that after been curl up in the womb that they may want to stretch out after birth so I didn't really swaddle them.
Swaddlegate - the Unswaddling of My 4 Month Old
Asked by L.D. from Austin
on August 22, 2009
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My baby will turn 4 months in a week. For the past 3 weeks, he's been busting out of every swaddle we have tried for him. The miracle blanket, the Snug and Tug, the ...
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- Stop swaddling. He's probably trying to tell you he doesn't like it. Try putting him in pj's with legs / footies or a drawstring type gown - he might prefer that to ...
- Check out www.sleepingturtles.com It was developed by a nurse. Good luck! I would definitely not let him cry it out.
- In reply to the PP saying that you should not put a child to sleep on their stomach- I worked in day care for several years prior to having my own children, and th...
