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| Hello! I've posted in the past about swaddling and I got great recommendations on the Miracle Blanket..which it has been with my 3 month old son. My question now is how do I eventually wean him off. The way the blanket is constructed there is no way that he'll get his arms out which I've heard is a good judge of when they are ready to wean off (i.e., get their arms out and still sleep ok). Should I just wrap him without the extra "arm" holders? Go "cold-turkey"? He's been sleeping 11 1/2 hrs at night and his temperment is so much better now that I don't want to disrupt it, but I do think that he eventually needs to be weaned from being wrapped up. Any insights from other moms who have used this blanket would be great! |
| Posted by Amy on 09/27/2007 11:56 AM
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I've been struggling with the same thing. My daughter will be four months old on the first, and she still sleep with the Miracle Blanket. I tried not using it a couple of nights. I really didn't consider the attempt successful. First off, I don't think I'm crazy when I say that she seems to need it. For example, I'll give her her last bottle, hold her in my arms until she is drowsy, pick her up and bring her to her crib for the swaddle. She stirs, becomes awake, and literally waits for me to wrap her up! I want to get her out of it full-time because I find that she can entertain herself (look in her crib mirror, play with the stuff that hangs off of it, roll herself around, etc...) and for me, that means a few extra Zzzz's.
So you're probably thinking, "Okay, so what have you done?" Well, I tried swaddling her sans arms today for her late morning nap. That nap, which usually lasts an hour, was cut short a half-hour. She was rolling around, not sleeping. For her late afternoon nap, I reverted back to total swaddle, and she slept for 2.5 hours!
I'm thinking about just swaddling her arms and going that way. Either way -- only arms or cold turkey -- are going to be disruptive to the routine you've already established. I just think the former, not the latter, would make for an easier transition.
(11.5 hours??? I bow down to you. You are my hero!)
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| posted by Tara on 09/27/2007 06:09 PM
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| My son is almost 5 months old now and has been completely weaned off the Swaddle Me blanket (I'm assuming the Miracle Blanket is similar). Between months 3 and 4 we started off keeping his arms out and loose but he would hit himself in the face and wake himself up. I don't think it's really until he can figure out how his hands and arms work that you can wean him off easily. But now Sawyer sleeps for about 10 hours at night, then I feed him before I go to work and he sleeps for another 4 hours without any assistance. |
| posted by Morgan on 09/27/2007 09:25 PM
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| I am a former swaddler. I've read in many books, plus my doctor said that at 6 months they should not be swaddled any longer. Somehow it distrupts their growth- since babies grow more at night. Just keep that in mind! Oh, and with the Miracle Blanket and getting them off of it... try just regular swaddling once they get a little older- then they can decide if they want to get out of it or not. |
| posted by Rolawna on 09/27/2007 11:45 PM
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