Miracle Blanket - Green with Beige Trim Swaddle Blanket
by Miracle Industries
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Our Price: $31.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Category: Baby Product See more product details |
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Baby Products Reviews of Miracle Blanket - Green with Beige Trim Swaddle Blanket
Customer Review: Happy overall with purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought the Miracle Blanket when our son was 3 months old. We had been swaddling him in Halo sleep sack and Kiddopotmus swaddlers until he started to break out of them. He is now 4 months old and we have been using the Miracle blanket for naps and at night, however we are starting to transition him out of swaddling, so he always has one arm free of the swaddler.
Positives:
1) The fabric is lightweight, so it is great to use in warmer weather
2) It is easy to swaddle only the arms, leaving the legs out of the bottom sac
3) When we swaddle our son perfectly, he stays swaddle all night without breaking out of the swaddle.
Negatives:
1) It is hard to perfectly swaddle a squirming baby ;) and if we haven't made sure each arm flap is smooth and covering his entire arm, he often breaks free of the swaddle in the middle of the night.
2) Our son kicks his legs out of the sack almost immediately, now matter how tightly we swaddle him. This isn't a huge issue, but I thought it was worth mentioning
The only other suggestion I would make is to purchase a pattern. We have the green with off white trim and it has a few stains on it from leaking diapers. I think having a pattern would hide these spots better.
Overall I would say this was a good purchase. Considering the cost, I would have bought it sooner than 3 months in order to get more use out of it but having used it for 4 weeks now, I am happy with it.
Customer Review: Great swaddle blanket!
Summary: 5 Stars
We have tried the Swaddle Me, the Swaddle Blanket, and the Miracle Blanket. The ONLY one our daughter AND son did not break out of was the Miracle Blanket ( she is now 5 1/2, he 3 1/2 - they each used it for about 3 months).
ADVANTAGES
* Works differently than others - holds arms at side with two "flaps" that tuck under the body (uses body weight), and then a longer piece wraps around the baby. The end result is a very tight but comfortable looking cocoon that works!
* NO VELCRO - The velcro on the Swaddle Me kept waking our daughter up and sticking to everything in its path.
* Keeps them warm with nothing else required.
DISADVANTAGES
* The part that swaddles the bottom half of the body sometimes come loose - you have to make sure that you wrap the blanket around the lower half o the body REALLY well!
* Nothing else we can think of
We are aware of other blankets on the market, but honestly haven't read a review or heard a testimonial from a friend to change our reco. We still get this as a gift!
Customer Review: Also great for bigger babies
Summary: 5 Stars
Our baby was a terrible sleeper until we figured out that we had to swaddle him. Most swaddling blankets are much too small and completely useless. The "ultimate receiving blanket" is much bigger than most and for a while did the trick but pretty quickly the baby outgrew and outmuscled that one too. Then came the baby bonkie, a swaddling sleepsack. It was the best thing ever. Very user friendly and it had our baby sleep through the night instantly. However, that too got too small too soon. Then I found the miracle blanket. It's a little less user friendly than the baby bonkie. It takes a bit more effort to wrap your baby up in this. But it's not hard and you get the hang of it fairly quickly. Our baby is now 25" long and weighs almost 15 lbs and he still fits comfortably in the miracle blanket. I hope this will last until he has outgrown his moro reflexes and can sleep in a regular sleepsack. If not, I guess I'll have to find a way to put together my own miracle blanket.Customer Review: Looks good - but didn't work for us
Summary: 1 Stars
I cannot comment on how useful this item is for swaddling a baby as we are not due for a few months.
However, I just wanted to comment that the colour of the blanket is much nicer than the online picture. We have purchased the green with beige trim. The picture doesn't do it justice. It is more mint colored and the beige trim highlights it rather than making it look a little like a bandage (as I think the picture online does).
The original manufacturer also has a website and there is a video of how to use this swaddle on there. That was useful to me as a soon-to-be first time Mom.
REVIEW:
Baby arrived. He HATES LOATHES DESPISES this. He can kick his legs out of it in sec. I bought 2 as I figured he'd be likely to soil it in the night and since everyone said it was such a miracle I didn't want to be without. I'd recommend you buy just one of these and try it out.
Customer Review: baby must have
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two miracle blankets. I bought one at a consignment shop for $15 because I had heard how great they were. Had I known how my son needs it, I would have bought both the blue and the pink that they had there! One night, he spat up on the swaddler, right before bed so no miracle blanket that night. We all slept terribly. The next day, I immediately contacted someone on craigslist and bought our 2nd one for $20 and once again, there was peace throughout the land :)
There is a certain technique to getting it swaddled and for us, it was trial and error. After he broke out of it a few times, I learned how to swaddle the full arm and then tuck it under his bum. He still kicks his feet out sometimes though. We also took a trick from the hospital nurses and put a folded blanket over him (just over his waist) and tuck that under his bum too. (Of course you can't do that when they have more mobility).