Older Child: Miracle Blanket
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Weaning off Swaddling
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on January 6, 2009
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My son is 4 months old and uses the miracle blanket for naps and nighttime sleeping. When is a good time to starting weaning him off swaddling and how did others go a...
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- we started with leaving their arms out of the swaddle so they first got used to that. Then it was easy for us once spring came so they didn't have to be so bundled up...
- We stopped around 4 months with my 2nd. We started by only swaddling his arms...we left his legs out. Then we swaddled only 1 arm for a few nights and then just stop...
- My son liked being swaddled until he could roll over. Then he hated being confined. I would look for clues from your son. If he likes being swaddled and its not pos...
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.
Help Breaking the Swaddle
Asked by S.C. from Sacramento
on June 24, 2008
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My daughter is 7 months 3 weeks and we still swaddle her. We have been swaddling her in her crib since day 1 from the hospital. We lucked out and she has always been a...
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- I think swaddling is wonderful, and I swaddled my girl until she was 5 1/2 months old. She too began "breaking free" from the swaddle during naps and at night. I was w...
- My son was the same way. He insisted on being swaddled until he was about 9 months old. He literally would test the blanket to make sure we had made it tight enough. I...
- My son is 5 months old and we still swaddle. He wakes up with his legs and arms out (we use the swaddle me blanket with the velcro). He has slept without the swaddle, ...
Please Help...
Asked by A.K. from Boston
on September 17, 2006
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Hello,
My 6 year old nephew has ADHD and was diagnosed over a year ago. He has been on ritilin and adderol as well as a few others. Some of the medicine seemed to w...
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- I know this request is a little old, but I found this website and had to respond..... www.naturalchild.com
- I am a fan of the miracle blanket and use often in my role as a postpartum doula. If your baby is using it only at night, give it some more time if it works. You can ...
- A. K, I have a 9 year old in a similar situation. Have you tried the Daytrana patch? It is fairly new. I don't think that there is the perfect medication but,...
Advice on Co-sleeping; to or Not To?
Asked by J.C. from Lynchburg
on September 11, 2008
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My 7 mo old still isn't sleeping through the night. No matter what she eats or whether she naps during the day or not, she wakes up at least twice at night. She's usua...
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- What is the big deal about cosleeping. In the country where I grew up we coslept well into our teen years due to lack of space. I am not "messed up" and neither are mi...
- Hello, I have some tips. First, do not start co-sleeping now.. It is great while they are newborns and are used to it, yet now is not the time to start. Sharing a ...
- NO WAY on the co-sleeping. I had a similar experience with my first daughter, who didn't sleep through the night until she was 22 MONTHS old. I too experienced wei...
Swaddling
Asked by S.B. from Atlanta
on February 6, 2008
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My 4 1/2 month old son has been sleeping, while swaddled, through the night since 6 weeks. He has always slept great during the night and during all naps! However, r...
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- He actually may just be trying to stretch out now. My son is 7 1/2 months now and he did something very similar. Turned out my son actually just wanted to stretch hi...
- My baby will soon be turning 12 and how I now cherish the nights that I stayed up while she was in her infant stages. I say this knowing I'm at risk for being labeled...
- Stop swaddling ... I had a large square swaddle blanket from www.momsoncall.com which I used until my son reached 3 1/2 months when he started breaking out of the sw...
Swaddle
Asked by S.Z. from Dallas
on April 13, 2009
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I have been swaddled my daughter during nighttime since she first came home from the hospital, and she is now 6 month. Is there an age limit for that? If so, how sho...
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- You can start by having her sleep swaddled with one arm out. After she has been successful with that for a week, try to take the other arm out. Good luck! A.
- Like most of the others have said, your baby will outgrown it on her own. We swaddled my son until he was 9 months (he started breaking free and rolling onto his tumm...
- I sewed the arms shut on a sleep sack after she outgrew her swaddles and that worked great until she eventually was able to get her arm through the neck hole of the sl...
Mothers of TWINS!!!! Please Help!
Asked by J.B. from Chicago
on April 23, 2008
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Hi ladies,
I'm now a mother of 3. My oldest son is 7 and I have 1month old twin boys. My dilema is this.... I breastfed both twins exclusive for the first 2weeks and ...
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- It is true that the stomach doesn't direct sleep. think about it, do you ever wake up because you're hungry? I wake up and then being hungry might make it hard to go...
- I don't have twins but I do have 2 kids. For the first, I stayed home for 10 months, and let me tell you it was really hard to pump - I didn't have the time. And it ...
- You are in the middle of one of the absolute hardest things any mom can do. I have a similar family setup. My oldest son was almost 4 when my now 3 year old twins we...
CIO With Baby and Toddler
Asked by M.W. from Washington DC
on June 22, 2012
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I implemented the CIO method with my daughter (now 2 1/2). I plan on doing the same for my son (5 1/2 months) when the time comes. I am fearful though, because he seem...
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- My two boys ages 10 months and 4 years share a room. I had my 4 year old sleep on my 6 year old daughter's floor for a week while we implemented cry it out. Both big ...
- I would look into a different method as well. If your baby is crying more than 10-min. and not falling back to sleep on his own, I would check on him. I had to swadd...
- CIO works. Get the book "Sleeping Through the Night" by Dr. Jodi Mindell. She offers all kinds of advice on how to make it work and what hurdles you can be up against....
Help, My 4 Month Old Sleeping !!!!
Asked by G.S. from Lexington
on October 28, 2008
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Hello everyone! I was writing to ask some advice for my almost 4 month old baby boy! Since he was born he loves to be swaddled and won't sleep for very long if not swa...
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- maybe you could try the swaddling upside down/backwards so that the folds are under his back. Maybe he won't be able to get out of that.
- Use old fashioned diaper pins to swaddle him (like a straight jacket, I guess!) if that's what he likes but comes unwrapped. I heard a cute story from a birthing ...
- The sleep question for the Mom. Well, when you have children we all needed more sleep than we got but that is nature and it will pass someday. Maybe it is time you ...
