Product Description

Miracle Blanket: At last, the perfect swaddle made easy! Miracle Blanket earned the "thumbs up" from the Good Housekeeping Institute. Uses no velcro, zippers or other confusing adjustments that can scratch baby and one size fits all. New research shows the benefits of swaddling to calm baby and help ensure longer sleep, but the Miracle Blanket makes it easy. It truly is amazing. The Miracle Blanket is made of the highest quality (and cozy) materials available and is stitched with great attention to detail. The Miracle Blanket helps baby sleep on his back to reduce SIDS concerns and clinical studies prove that proper swaddling can often eliminate colic symptoms. Yet most blankets do not provide for a secure swaddle and baby often manages to squirm loose. The Miracle Blanket is easy to use and keeps baby snug. Pediatrician recommended. What are parents saying? "I love this blanket! It has saved me countless hours of sleep and crying. Happiest Baby On The Block: Harvey Karp, M.D., has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News' "World News Tonight," CNN, and a number of national radio programs. In addition, his work has been featured in the LA Times, People Magazine, USA Today and dozens of newspapers across the country as well as being mentioned in Time, Newsweek, Parenting and many other national magazines. Dr. Karp was trained by some of America's top pediatricians, including Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, and in 1981, he received the prestigious Ehrmann Fellowship to study crying and colic. An assistant professor of pediatrics at UCLA School of Medicine, with a private practice in Santa Monica, California, Dr. Karp is also a nationally renowned expert on children's health and the environment, and an authority on breastfeeding. Instructional DVD on getting baby to sleep and helping her to sleep longer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #820 in Baby Product
• Size: Newborn to 14 weeks
• Color: Solid Pink
• Brand: Miracle Blanket
• Model: M50002
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 8.00" w x 11.00" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Earned the "thumbs up" from the Good Housekeeping Institute
• No velcro, zippers or other confusing adjustments that can scratch baby and one size fits all
• Helps reduce SIDS concerns and clinical studies prove that proper swaddling can often eliminate colic symptoms
• Pediatrician recommended

Customer Reviews

For once, the word "MIRACLE" is appropriate!
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 at 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.

What a product!
I received this blanket from some relatives for my baby shower. I took one look at it and thought they were crazy. There was no way my baby was going in that thing! When my son was about a month old, however, my husband and I were desperate for sleep, so we decided to give it a try. What a miracle! The other reviews have just about said it all as far as how wonderful it is, but I would like to add one thing. When he started to outgrow it, we loosened it a little bit at a time. I think this was very effective. We basically weaned him off of it so that it wasn't so hard for him to fall asleep without it. Great product!

A must in our book!
This was THE best blanket for a swaddle, especially for our squirmy guy! We purchased our first Miracle Blanket from the manufacturer's site, but Amazon gives a better deal and includes free shipping. This paired with the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD would make an excellent shower gift. We couldn't have survived without them!