Pregnancy Complications: Toddler, Miracle Blanket

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Crying It Out??? What to Do???

Okay, I have a 10 month old daughter who has never been the best sleeper. She had colic, acid reflux (which is all gone) and has been sick since Thanksgiving with RSV and ear infections. When she was at her worse with being sick, she was sleeping on my cause she could not lay flat and still breath well. Well, now she is all better but she is used to sleeping in our bed with us. I give her a bottle before bedtime, she falls asleep. I go to put her in her bed and she can be a limp as a doll until I lean over the crib. Then she is...

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5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket

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 sleeper. She cluster fed from the beginning and if it wasn't for the pump I think I would have either given up breastfeeding or jumped off a bridge! A friend of mine highly recommended the miracle blanket which is sort of like a baby straightjacket. It worked in extending her sleep by an hour or two (when she only slept a couple of hours, it was very helpful) and it became...