Swaddling Trick

It seems that most books and products out there assume that babies will only be swaddled for the first few months of life, but Mini-Me is over seven months old and she still benefits from being swaddled during naps and nighttime. This has gotten to be tricky as she has gotten older and bigger and stronger. With the next baby I plan to try the Miracle Blanket, but in the meantime I have learned a trick that is the same concept and has worked like a charm.

In the words of the person who shared this gem with me:

I swaddled my baby for a while much past her houdini stage. I never used fancy blankets. What I did was this: Triangle a blanket and put the long point down, place baby with head just above straight edge. Take one pointed corner and place over baby's arm, but then lift your baby and put the rest of the pointed side under baby's back. Do the same thing with the other side. At this point it will look like your baby has arm wraps and the majority of the blanket is underneath him/her. Then take a second blanket and put it over baby's belly, and wrap it under/around your baby. you can make the arms as loose or tight as you want. Good Luck!

And the very first time I tried it, Mini-Me napped for over three hours! She hasn't gotten out of it yet, though she has kicked the bottom part of the blanket off her feet.