Infant: Miracle Blanket
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Am I Spoiling My Baby
Asked by H.A. from Santa Fe
on December 6, 2006
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I just recently had my third baby. He is two months old now, and he seems to be so much different than my girl was. My girl was easy in comparison. He wont go to sleep...
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- Hi H., I can somewhat relate with my 9 month old daughter. She has always been a very light sleeper and extremely picky about how she falls asleep. Since she was ...
- Try the amazing Miracle Blanket!!! www.miracleblanket.com or if you are in Tucson, AZ you can order directly by calling ###-###-####. It is a patented design swaddl...
- Hey H.- If you read Leslie R's question from 12/4/06 "Seeking advice for sleep issues" it addresses similar issues where I as well as others have responded with adv...
Baby Is Miserable and So Am I
Asked by A.L. from Chicago
on July 25, 2008
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Ugh. I'm at my wits end. My 12 week old just seems so unhappy pretty much 90% of the time. I don't know what to do anymore. I thought after 12 weeks it was supposed to...
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- Maybe he likes the closeness of nursing. Have you ever tried wearing him in a sling? My 2nd daughter was just a little fussy, but she loved being in the sling. It f...
- A nurse once told me they call this time "the missing 4 trimester" because their brains are changing so much right now. My daughter was a nut for those first three mon...
- It *does* get easier. I look back on those first few months and think it was harder than anything. If you find yourself at a breaking point, put him in his crib ...
Colicky Baby
Asked by D. from Detroit
on May 5, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a Colicky baby? Our first child was also colicky and we went through then all the different formulas etc. I am looking for anyth...
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- I see someone has suggested Colic Calm, AKA Gripe Water. My mother-in-law swears by it. It's vegetable based. She said she would dip the pacifier in it and let the ba...
- Hello D., Both of my children were colicky! With my first, who will be 10 next month, this was a very lonely and exausting time. After 6 very long months we figured...
- hallo- i also have a screamer:) she is turning 4 months on monday and it has not gotten any better, how old is yours? I have read so many books, articles ect. and t...
Ready to Wean from Swaddling?
Asked by A.S. from Chicago
on February 21, 2009
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My son is just about 4mos old, and I swaddle him with a Miracle Blanket. I tried to wean him, but after reading several other posts about swaddling decided to continu...
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- When we took our little guy out of his swaddler we started by only swaddeling his arms and leaving his legs free. We did this for 2 or 3 nights then we swaddeled only...
- My daughter is 10 1/2 mos now and we had the same issue at 4 mos old. She was breaking out of the miracle blanket and beginning to roll over. I emailed the miracle b...
- The same scenario happened with my son. I did end up going cold turkey because I was afraid he'd get tangled. I switched to the sleep sack so that he still had an in...
Swaddling
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on January 10, 2009
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A few days ago I posted a question about weaning my son off of swaddling and after getting advice from all of you, I decided to swaddle my 4 month old son a little lon...
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- most babies only roll one way at first, so try to put him up against that side of the bed so he can't roll that way.
- Each child is different but my son hated being swaddled from day one. Of course he liked a crib over a cradle because he like his space I guess. You use your best ...
- We swaddled our son until he was 8 months old with the Miracle Blanket. We ended up giving it up "cold turkey" and it didn't go as badly as we had expected. You migh...
When and How to Wean off Night Time Swaddle?
Asked by J.G. from Dallas
on February 27, 2008
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I have a wonderful 6 month old who sleeps everynight in a miracle blanket. My husband and friends think that it's time to stop the swaddle all together, but my son re...
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- I say if he is sleeping--leave things the way they are. He will let you know when he is tired of it. :)
- I love the miracle blanket! My son was in it until he learned to flip over at 3 months, praise the Lord for the video monitor. We tried to give it up but he really sle...
- I think they typically wean them off it by themselves. My son started fighting it and pulling his arms out so we swaddled his bottom half with his arms free. Then af...
When Did You Stop Swaddling?
Asked by C.A. from Dallas
on December 21, 2006
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I have a three month old who is a great sleeper (about 2 3 hour naps a day and 11-12 hours at night) and I put him to sleep on his back. I'm concerned because the bac...
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- I say swaddle him as long as you can. Once he starts rolling over around 4 months or so then he probably won't want to be swaddled and he will sleep longer on his tumm...
- mine stopped just after we got home, he could finagle his way out of a swaddle from the nurses at the hospital day one so he really only gets swaddled when he's stress...
- I didn't use any special swaddling blankets, just the receiving blankets, and I swaddled until they could kick their way out. For my daughter it was probably around 3...
Swaddling-for How Long??
Asked by A.C. from Boston
on June 27, 2009
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I really can't tell if I should continue swaddling my six week old. Hard to tell if he needs it. He seems bothered by it and will kick and kick for LONG stretches un...
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- hey A., i went through this last year with my second because my first daughter never swaddled. well we ended up swaddling her for 7 months!!!! but what helped, was my ...
- Hi A.. You have gotten so much conflicting advice! We did swaddle our LO for months - and it DID help us, it was worse without it. BUT - see what works for your baby...
- There's no requirement for swaddling at all. My oldest child hated being restricted - broke out of every swaddle from day one - and so I never swaddled her after a co...
Bigger Swaddle Wraps?
Asked by L.C. from Seattle
on February 23, 2008
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My son is outgrowing his current swaddles (Kiddopotamus), and because he wriggles out of them in the middle of the night or during naps, he wakes up more frequently. ...
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- I have a couple Kiddopotamus swaddlers that are size Large (15-22lbs). I'm not sure what the length on it is cuz DD isn't in that size yet. I bought them at Babies R U...
- there is a great swaddle blanket by "Swaddle Designs". It is designed much bigger than most receiving blankets and it is very soft and thicker than most. There are ...
- They have the Large size at Baby's r us, it fits kids up to 22lbs and it is pretty long. My older 3 month old boy is about 25 inches and fits in it just fine.
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...
