The Miracle Blanket Swaddler formerly known as the Amazing Miracle Blanket - Solid Blue
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Baby Products Reviews of The Miracle Blanket Swaddler formerly known as the Amazing Miracle Blanket - Solid Blue
Customer Review: For once, the word "MIRACLE" is appropriate!
Summary: 5 Stars
I must admit that in the past I haven't had the best luck with products containing "miracle" in their name. However, this blanket is the shining exception!
Our son was a very big boy -- 10 lb, 6 oz of joy. We had read Harvey Karp's "The Happiest Baby on the Block" (highly recommended) and we knew we wanted to swaddle him. We had planned to use a receiving blanket, but we quickly found out that none of them were remotely big enough. Not even close. We spent a ton of money buying bigger blankets, and we tried two other expensive swaddling blankets as well. Nothing worked, nothing held the baby, and all three of us were desperate to get some sleep. We even bought a cheap sheet set and tore it up to get some bigger patches of cloth. No dice.
Finally, I ordered this blanket online (Amazon didn't carry it at the time, alas.) BINGO -- our son slept through the night at once! Yes! We had to wake him from a sound, swaddled sleep to change and feed him; he went back down like a rock as soon as we re-swaddled him. He loved this blanket. When he saw us coming with it, he'd try to lie quietly with his arms in his sides in anticipation of the (very simple) process of swaddling him up. And I loved the fact that this blanket was so soft and comforting and had no snaps or any other fasteners that could rub him.
I should mention that the two new parents I gave this to as a shower gift were pathetically grateful, and couldn't stop gushing. I understand; for a new parent, anything that grants you sleep is your favorite thing in the world.
A note to parents considering this blanket: Be prepared for some of your friends (especially the childless ones) to recoil in horror at the thought of swaddling. "You're tying your baby up?" "What if he suffocates?" "But he won't be able to move! It's cruel!", etc., etc. These people probably mean well, but their comments are very ignorant. The fact is, your baby has just spent months in the most confined space imaginable -- a womb where he could barely budge at all. And new parents will immediately notice that newborn babies have virtually no control over their newly freed arms -- they'll startle themselves from sleep time and again, then start flailing their hands around and scratching their faces raw. Newborns don't have the neurological control to stop themselves from flailing, so they love it when you return them to the safe, warm, familiar confinement they remember from the womb.
Another comment you'll hear from some people is, "How do you know when the baby doesn't need to be swaddled any more?" Easy. They start to wriggle out of the swaddling. They may not be able to talk, but they'll let you know clearly when they're ready to move on.
Customer Review: I don't understand...
Summary: 1 Stars
I am truly and completely baffled. How this product has received so much praise is beyond me.
I won't waste my time or yours. I'll say it bluntly and plainly: this product is a joke for the three reasons that follow.
Reason # 1) This cotton cloth is several feet wide and a few long, and sells for $30 dollars. Seriously. You'll open the package and find an oddly contoured blanket that is, according to the product description on this site, and I quote, "...made of the finest, softest, most durable cotton knit produced and designed to be washed over and over...". Isn't that description just heavenly? Well, what you quickly realize when you open the package, however, is that it's just cotton. Nothing special. Just cotton. Selling for $30 dollars.
Reason # 2) Take a close look at the lower half of the product in the picture... specifically where those adorable little legs and feet go... closer... closer... there! That's right, those little infant legs and feet are completely loose and free to kick up and down and all around. This is not good... not good at all. Legs that are kicking and thrashing keeps that adorable little angel nice and awake, providing that very special mommy/daddy bonding experience that can only occur at 3am. Mommy, daddy, buy the visine in bulk, because your bloodshot eyes, the following morning, are going to need it.
Reason # 3) However tight I wrap my little angel with the heavenly stretchy cotton cloth, he manages to get lose. If he doesn't get lose, I wake the next morning to find his little arms pinned in a disturbing position that can't possibly be comfortable. I refuse, and will never, put him through that again.
So there you have it, stated plain and to the point. I apologize for my unnecessary sarcasm. It's just that this miracle blanket is a miracle gimmick that is outrageously overpriced considering the material. I feel like a sucker for having thought there might be something special to this product given its name and the glowing reviews. I have since learned how to properly and easily swaddle my baby the good'ol fashion way: with an ordinary cotton blanket that cost a couple of bucks.
Customer Review: A Real Miracle in our House!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Before my son was born, I had purchased the organic SwaddleMe blanket from Kiddopatamus. (I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling.) We used it though my son never seemed too comfortable in it. I thought that perhaps he just didn't care to be swaddled anymore, so I gave it away. Within the next few weeks, I noticed during his colicky times and even other times when we held him, he felt most comfortable and at peace when we held his crossed hands over his chest. He put them there naturally so when we pressed them down onto his chest, he calmed down right away. I decided to look for the next size up of the SwaddleMe blanket. On that page on Amazon, I noticed a different blanket--this one called the Miracle Blanket. After reading all of the reviews, I decided to try that one instead of the SwaddleMe.
The first time I wrapped him in it, he fussed very briefly (about 10-20 seconds) but then immediately closed his eyes and fell asleep. The next time he seemed a bit fussy and colicky, I wrapped him in it, and he literally closed his eyes immediately, smiled and fell asleep. He sleeps so well at night with that blanket. I've been blessed with him sleeping through the night already (9 weeks old), occasionally getting up once to eat around 2 in the morning. However,before the blanket, that sleep was never a very restful sleep. When he sleeps in the Miracle Blanket, he is as calm as can be. He wakes up in the morning with a smile on his face the minute he sees my smile!
I love this blanket and wish I would've had it with my first and second children. With my daughter and 1st son, I had used just the receiving blankets, but could never get them tight enough. The kids kicked out of them so I mistakenly thought that they didn't like being swaddled. I wonder if they would have reacted differently had I had one of these for them.
If you are considering the Miracle Blanket, I would strongly encourage you to give it a try. You just may be surprised!
Customer Review: Helps contain those flailing arms keeping baby awake
Summary: 5 Stars
I was swaddling my baby in a regular receiving blanket until I received this as a gift. To be honest I found the receiving blanket was better for the newborn as it was easy to wrap around him and he stayed put. When baby turned 12wks old I started watching for tiredness to set him down for regular naps and this coincided with reading that wide open eyes and flailing, moving limbs are signs of over-stimulation and tiredness. Realising this, I started swaddling him again, this time in the miracle blanket because he was too big and strong for receiving blankets. Now that he does not have legs waving around and fingers poking him in the face he settles down quickly, relaxes and drifts off to sleep while I sit with him talking and singing quietly.
He even settled down and started drifting off to sleep one day after a crying jag that I thought was due to tiredness. I realised that I miscalculated the time and it had been three hours not two since he had last been fed so he was hungry not sleepy! Babies sure can get their message across. But the point is that the blanket settled him when he was not actually tired but was crying for another reason.
I was using the flaps to fold his arms across the front of his body. It was not until I looked up this product to buy one for a friend (and write this review) that I saw his arms are meant to go along his sides. I had thought it had one flap too many but those directions make sense. The long flap is a little long. I put it over him, then under him and just let the excess lay beside him. Sometimes I just fold it over him and push a little of it under his back to hold it down.
I recommend this soft, comfortable miracle blanket and am about to buy one for a friend.
Customer Review: Awesome baby product
Summary: 5 Stars
What sets this blanket apart is the design. By cutting the fabric in a special triangular shape, the company has to use a nearly six feet wide piece of fabric and cut the material on a 45 degree angle to provide just the right amount of stretch. When you view the product on the company website or elsewhere, you'll notice that it has two small pieces of fabric for the arms and a sack-like compartment at the bottom. To use, you slide the baby into the sack area and loop the cloth strips around the arm and behind the back of the baby. This process secures the baby's arms and legs inside the blanket. Next, you will wrap the right side of the blanket across the baby, pulling it snugly to the left. After that, you will have to take the longer right side and wrap it to the left, around the back. This forms a cocoon or mummy-like enclosure around the baby. The only part that is uncovered is the head.
The reason this blanket is useful is because it actually calms and soothes the baby. Being snug and secure helps control rampant crying, restlessness, etc. Don't be discouraged if your baby cries and seems uncomfortable at first. After about 5 or 10 minutes, I noticed a huge difference and our little girl settled down significantly. Now, she seems to actually look forward to being put into the blanket.
Although this is an expensive blanket, it is superior to its competitors because the baby cannot squirm out of it (possibly creating a suffocation risk) and it swaddles better than the competing options. Also, after many washes, the fabric remains in excellent condition. I would put this on the top of your shopping list or baby registry.