A couple of months ago, Amy was kind enough to lend me her Miracle Blanket. Breanna slept best swaddled, but no receiving blanket in the world seemed to hold her in. The Miracle Blanket is very cool and resembles a baby staight jacket. I would leave her left arm free so she could suck on her hand, but the rest of her body was snugly confined. This seemed to help her sleep rather well, especially at night.
Alas, soon I’m going to have to pop it back in the mail to return to her because Breanna is slowly outgrowing it. I hope she’ll be able to sleep without it, but I guess she’ll learn since she’s already pulling a Houdini in her sleep lately. I almost always find that one leg is free by the time I’m heading off to bed, such as this shot I risked taking a few nights ago.
It’s not unusual to see her other arm free as well, and once she wakes up for a feeding, she usually has both arms and both legs waving about with only her tummy still covered up. For someone who is greatly comforted by swaddling, she sure makes it difficult to keep her that way!
Sounds (looks) like she’s already figured out how to sleep without it 😉
We’re having similar issues. Except we have a knockoff blanket, and I have to do all these crazy contortions to it to get it to stay on, and she HATES to fall asleep unswaddled. I am afraid. Very Afraid.
Aww, how cute is she. 🙂 I love the small amount of baby butter on her thigh.
We swaddled Joey until he was 5 or 6 months old. We used a flannel receiving blanket my mother in law made for us (bigger than the bitty swaddling blankets they sell) and a chip bag clip to keep it closed once his body got too big to make a good tuck. We put him in his crib wrapped up like a little burrito every night and he usually stayed wrapped…until he began to break out and roll over to sleep on his belly. Then we got rid of it.
Before we discovered the importance of swaddling, the kid would not sleep longer than ten minutes unless he was in my arms.
Man that kid looks comfortable. I need a nap.
I’ve heard of parents using duct tape to keep the swaddle tight. Before I was a parent, I would have thought that was insane, but having seen for myself how an infant can escape even the tightest swaddle wrap, I totally understand.