Miracle Baby Blanket Review

I am sure this product is amazing for some people. Heck, a bunch of our friends SWORE by it. So, we ordered two of them. We have had them over a month now, and have only used them a handful of times.

Why?

Well, our baby is VERY active - which you would think this blanket is perfect for, since it keeps them contained. And it might, if we could actually get him IN it. Yes, we realize this is more our fault (and his) and NOT the fault of the blanket itself, but it's frustrating.

Why?

We try to wrap his Houdini-arms in the arm flaps, and by the time we have one flap tucked under him and are working on the second flap, the first one is already coming out. This is because you have to lift the baby (obviously) in order to place the arm flap under him (the whole point of pinning the arms). So while you are lifting him to place the second arm flap, if he is wiggling hard enough, the first arm will start to come loose--and just like any other swaddling, once an arm is even a little loose, that's all she wrote. Also, you have to make sure the flaps are completely flat because that is what the baby will be laying on--so you don't want a wad of bunched up fabric there (again, a bit difficult if he's wiggly).

Also, although the wrap seems very long, it's never quite long enough (especially as the baby gets bigger) to fully wrap around to tuck in at a good place. Friends of ours say they just leave the wrap untucked under their baby (and lay him on it)...but when we tried that with our kid? It lasts maybe an hour and he's out of it (for an example, he shimmies a good foot down the crib between when we put him to bed and when he wakes up)...so if the end is not tucked in, it quickly comes loose as he slides down. Sometimes he has both arms out AND both legs out!

We keep trying this--and hopefully it will get easier and he gets more calm in the pre-bedtime swaddling time--but for now, it's not thrilling us and it seems a bit expensive to test. (That said, if I remember correctly, I believe they have a 30-day money back guarantee, which I didn't know about...otherwise I probably would have returned them.)

Although we have much better luck with a different model (Swaddleme) this might work just fine on your baby, so I recommend it with reservations.