Miracle Blanket: Infant
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Miracle Blanket
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on November 21, 2008
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I'm thinking about getting a Miracle Blanket for my son to help with sleeping.
Has anyone used a Miracle Blanket and do you like it, does it work?
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- I highly recommend the miracle blanket. This is the gift I will give at every baby shower going forward. My son slept and so did we!! Good luck!
- Yes, yes, and yes! We had one and used it for about 6 months. My son LOVED being swaddled. As a warning, it looks a little scarry and we called ours "the baby st...
- Had one and loved it! It made swaddling a breeze.
Miracle Blanket Users - When Did You Stop Using It?
Asked by M.G. from Minneapolis
on December 1, 2010
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My daughter just turned 6 months old and still sleeps wrapped up tightly in her miracle blanket. Wondering when your kids wrestled free. (My oldest used Miracle blan...
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- We used the miracle blanket until he was about 7 months off and on. The only reason we really stopped was because he could successfully get out of it on his own. Whe...
- I swaddled my son for way too long. I think we still swaddled him at like 9 months. It was a horrible transition for us. Finally we found that putting him down on h...
- Mine just got way to big for the miracle. We did the one arm out for like a month to get her use to it and then switched to a sleep sack. She never wrested out of an...
5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket
Asked by K.C. from Boston
on April 28, 2009
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I think I may have a unique problem that is a combination of breastfeeding, swaddling, sleep, and sanity...
My 5 month old daughter Isabella was never a great slee...
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- First off, K. - STOP beating yourself up! It sounds like you are doing everything you can to make sure your child is getting what she needs, and you are being a wonde...
- My 2 yr old still wants to sleep swaddled he has spd so I sewed some snaps onto his larger blankets and swaddle him and sleeps much better then if he goes w/o
- Not sure about the blanket - but certainly a more active baby wriggles out of things, and you need to keep her safe. The waking up could be due to teething and just b...
Alternative to the Miracle Blanket- Swaddling Question
Asked by S.L. from St. Louis
on October 11, 2011
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Unfortunately my 4.5 month old hHAS to be swaddled @ night and she is getting out of the miracle blanket bc she wiggles so much. Any other options out there that are f...
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- I'm no authority but I think swaddling is for new born infants and to help them feel secure and safe in the first days after birth. I did wrap my little ones in baby ...
- I would try muslin with a double swaddle. If you don't know what I'm talking about just search double swaddle on You Tube and you'll find how-to instructions.
- Sleep sack, they are more comfortable.
Baby Coming Out of Swaddle
Asked by R.I. from Los Angeles
on January 12, 2010
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My son is 16 weeks old. I have been swaddling him in the miracle blanket at night for bedtime since he was about 6 weeks old. I know that the miracle blanket says yo...
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- We used the Kiddopatumous (I spelled that wrong, I'm sure) brand and they come in a few different sizes. Also, I stopped swaddling his legs and just swaddled his arms ...
- The Miracle Blanket has worked miracles for us as well. My son is 6 months now and I still use it - although I stopped swaddling his feet regularly around 3.5/4 months...
- If your baby find it comforting to sleep/nap this way then I say go for it. As long as he is getting plenty of time to stretch his limbs I would think that he will be ...
Infant Sleep Advice
Asked by B.S. from Dallas
on November 27, 2009
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I have a sweet newborn. he is my second baby. The first had all kinds of difficulities the first 4-6 months of life so its all kind of a fog. now that he is 2 and t...
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- Definitely don't do the cry-it-out thing. It's the only way infants have to communicate. I second the recommendation re. "happiest baby on the block" - you may be able...
- I am totally ok with the cry it out method, but your little one is just too young at this point. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child is fantastic, but it would tell you...
- I am not a fan of "cry it out" but I understand the need to have your baby sleep and you have free arms. It takes a lot of work to sleep train especially if you have a...
Sensitive Infant and Sleep
Asked by P.O. from Jacksonville
on May 18, 2009
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Anyone out there has a sensitive infant who does not want to be held and has the most difficult time sleeping on his own. I feel bad that I can't find anything to soo...
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- Dear P., You better have a serious talk with your husband, how come he is not cooperating with you? It's so easy to entice a child with a game, or even a walk aroun...
- I feel for you P.. Have you tried swaddling? There is a really easy blanket I used with my daughter called the Miracle Blanket that allowed her the break the cycle o...
- probiotics from healthfood store (refridgerator)this helps tremendously for colic.. play music in his room..
Crying Infant!!!
Asked by C.R. from Chicago
on May 13, 2010
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I have a new baby (4 weeks) that cries for extended periods of time and I don't know how to help her. Any suggestions? I have another daughter who is 3 but she was nev...
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- Hit the library or bookstore for book/dvd "the Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr. Karp - it may help. Some babies just need an extra few weeks/months to get used to th...
- sounds like she may have the colic. I really don't know any remedies for this but just make sure you do everything needed (feed,change,comport etc,), also have you tri...
- I had a son with colic. He is 2 1/2 now. Every night from 12am-5am I would have to stay up listening to him cry and trying soothe him. The only thing that would make h...
My Baby Has Colic
Asked by L.V. from Dallas
on September 24, 2007
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Hey guys, I have a 5 week old with colic. I am breastfeeding him, and have tried taking out dairy, spicy foods, raw veggies and caffine. Nothing has helped. I have tri...
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- Hi L., I understand I went throught the same thing about 6 months ago. There is a great class, The Happiest Baby on the Block that Kay teaches @ The Nesting Place in G...
- I had the same problem with my baby from the day after his birth and it lasted 3 months solid. I was told that it would be miraculous that, at 3 months, it would just...
- L. I have an 8 week baby boy who has the same thing including meds for reflux. Baths have helped and so has rubing my baby stomach, start at the ribs and press dow...
Infant Very Fussy
Asked by K.L. from St. Louis
on March 5, 2008
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I'm just trying to figure out what my 3 week old needs! She seems very fussy like she wants to eat,but when I give her a bottle she spits up and gets hick ups afterwar...
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- Have you tried the infant gas drops? Sometimes they work. Also, how about Gripe Water. It's found at pharmacies and it's all herbal. Also lots of burping. Don't give u...
- Try burping more often and try burping her with her sitting on your lap, and you lighting bouncing your legs while while patting her back. After she eats keep her ...
- K., I feel your pain! My son (who is now 1 yrs old) had this until he was approximately 4 months. He spit-up a lot so his doctor started him on Zantac and it helped...
