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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.
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...
Just Curious...
Asked by L.W. from Dayton
on March 18, 2007
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Just taking a poll...how many of you have used a product called the Miracle Blanket??? What was your experience with it? Do you really think it made a difference. I'm ...
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- I've not used the Miracle Blanket, but after receiving advice about calming down my fussy baby through a request here, I SWEAR by swaddling my baby when he gets wound ...
- Love, love, LOVE IT! My baby would only sleep for 45 minutes at a time all through the night. I was so exhausted. With the Miracle Blanket, she would sleep several HOU...
- I did not use the Miracle Blanket for my 11 month old; I didn't really need to; however, my best friend did use it for her now 8 1/2 month old and she swears by it. S...
Looking for a Swaddeling Balnket
Asked by A.B. from Lincoln
on May 1, 2007
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I was wondering if any of you have a good swaddeling blanket that you fell in love with. I am due in Aug with baby #3 and I have lots of friends that are pregnant als...
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- anything that soft will work. I don't really buy into the "need a "swaddling" blanket". Just another for you to spend extra dough. you can swaddle just as well with...
- I have had three kids and never heard of those two blankets but what I do know is that soft, soft, soft is great! My little girl (now 4 years old) still has "soft bla...
- For my youngest child, (now 11 months) I used the Swaddle Me microfleece blacket by Kiddopotamus and Co. It is fantastic - easy to use and oh so soft! Even after PLE...
Does the Halo Sleepsack Swaddle Blanket Work?
Asked by L.L. from Dallas
on September 13, 2009
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I have a 9 week old and I'm trying to find the best swaddling solution. We have gone back and forth swaddling her really tightly with a regular blanket (which she fin...
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- I can't remember the brand we used, but it was the kind of swaddler where the legs were in a little "pouch" and the arms were what got swaddled - cross body wrap with ...
- I'm due any day with my first so I can only tell you what others have told me, but I went ahead and got the kiddopotmus swaddle me blankets from babies r us. I was to...
- With my kids we dressed them in light clothing and used two light blankets--the outer one being more stretchy....worked like a charm. They were swaddled til almost 7 m...
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...
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.
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...
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...
