Re: OT ?--Miracle Blanket work with FAB?

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Hi Stacee,

We use the Miracle Blanket with our son - we used it with the casts and have

continued

with the FAB. Obviously, you don't put their legs in the pouch, but it still

works great for

keeping their arms down and keeping a nice, tight, swaddle. In fact, it was

really the only

swaddle blanket we used with our son - he could break out of everything else.

My

husband calls it the " baby straight jacket " - I call it " my lifeline " !! Our

son also sleeps like

yours -in 2 hours shifts. I found that if he goes to bed early, like around 6

or so, and

wakes up soon after, we treat that like a nap and actually get him up to play

for a few

hours or so. After that he'll sleep for at least 3 or 4 hours. I've also found

that putting

him down for naps about every 2 hours or so during the day makes a BIG

difference at

night. When he gets overtired, it's almost impossible to get him to sleep.

> >

> > Stacee, here's your third option: Duct Tape.

> >

> > OK, you know i'm just joking but I realize it's not a laughing

> matter.

> >

> > Rather than a standard baby size blanket, have you tried to

> swaddle in a larger blanket that can really, really wrap up tight

> and stay there with the FAB on? I never had the type you're asking

> about but I used a lot of twin-size blankets on Everett.

> >

> > When he nurses at night, is he staying awake to really get a belly

> full or just enough to doze off again? Perhaps try keeping him

> awake to nurse longer, tapping on his chin and stuff to remind him

> to keep sucking rather than dozing off.

> >

> > I do agree 4 months is too young to just let him cry.

> >

> > UM, gas? Any luck with the baby-gas drops you can buy otc?

> >

> > You - can you nap with him at all during the day so nights are not

> so long and miserable? Can you get a friend/family to give you an

> hour a day to rest, even occasionally?

> >

> > Maybe the baby is bored. Maybe he needs a good swift change in

> routine to make him tired one day - a full day of exposure to sights

> and sounds that will exhaust him to get him over the hump.

> >

> > I think a lot of kids go through a growth spurt around this age,

> their appitite changes, their sleep changes - I'm betting it's a

> tempary thing but that doesn't help you get through it.

> >

> > s.

> > OT ?--Miracle Blanket work with

> FAB?

> >

> >

> > Ok, I admit it... I'm getting desperate. Actually, I've been

> desperate and am now reaching

> > realms that, until now, I'd never imagined.

> >

> > will not sleep enough at night. The most I can get out

> of him is 2-3 hours at a

> > time during the night. By the time I've nursed him and gotten

> myself back to sleep, I get

> > about an hour before the next feed/fuss/crab/whine starts

> again. I can't let him cry it out

> > because I think he's too young. He doesn't nurse enough during

> the 12 hours he's awake

> > during the day to keep him healthy and growing, so he DOES need

> to nurse at night. He

> > DOES NOT need to play and fuss and whine every hour on the hour

> (if not more frequently)

> > from 12-5am. He's swaddled now, but it's a pathetic one at best

> because I have tried to

> > just get his arms within a blanket we were using prior to the

> FAB. He won't stay up past

> > 6pm (that's on a good night... usually more like 5-5:30pm) and

> late afternoon naps

> > haven't helped solve that.

> >

> > My question is whether or not anyone has used the miracle

> blanket (not the swaddle-me)

> > with success on a little bit older child (4 mos) who's wearing

> the P/M or DBB brace at

> > night? (and naps, for that matter) I don't want to buy it if it

> won't fit. We've spent too

> > much on things that don't work!! And strollers, bedding,

> carseats, etc etc etc... :-)

> >

> > I'm at my wits end. I need sleep and can't let him scream for

> many reasons, not the least

> > of which being that he's just too young in my opinion. I

> haven't gotten any ideas from the

> > ped, family, friends, etc. Everyone gives two options--let him

> cry or deal with things as

> > they are now. I can't believe those are our only options. Not

> yet.

> >

> > Any input would be appreciated. Apologies for the length and

> off-topic nature of the

> > post!

> >

> > Stacee and 9/24/05, P/M 20/7

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