To wrap or not to wrap

[~Trish~]

I hear you! I have a Miss Houdini too! I started a thread a little while ago asking for help. It's HERE if you want to read it.

The best thing that worked for us is based on a suggestion by Oorki Galoorki in that thread. I use a really long muslin wrap, fold it a little height-wise so it's just a bit longer than the length of her arms. I lie her on top of it and bring one side of the wrap up and over one of her arms, down again, tucking it underneath her body. I then do the same with the other arm. It keeps her arms strapped tightly to her side. THEN I wrap her in a cot sheet, this hold everything in place. It sounds extreme LOL, but it is the only thing that works (most of the time ).

I hope that description kind of helps. If you Google "Miracle Blanket instructions", and look at the Miracle Blanket website you will see what I mean about tucking her arms down. HTH

[~Kim~]

Yeah pretty much the same as the other girls.
With DD I made my own muslin wraps from 'double muslin' 1.5m across. It's heavier than garden variety muslin but still light enough to be almost stretchy.
I did try the cot sheets but found them to be too stiff.

For the Little Guy we used the kiddopotamus snuggle wraps and they were fantastic!

[chepie]

Firstly thank you so much for taking the time to reply ... I appreciate all you your handy hints!!

Well we recieved our Kiddopotamus in the mail on Monday and I was so excited!! Guess what she got her hands out everytime ... so Trish I followed your advice with the wrapping of the arms and then put her in kiddopotmus wrap and so far so good!! She is sleeping a bit longer and I am hoping will continue to do so...

So thanks once again ladies you have saved my sanity!!! well until the next hurdle comes up

[~Trish~]

Woohoo! Glad it worked for you chepie! I bought a Kiddopotumus initially too and DD got her arms straight out of it LOL, so I did what you did and wrapped her arms then put her in the Kiddopotumus. This worked great for a few weeks until she started kicking her legs out of it then working her arms out . I then resorted to using a cot sheet and it works well most of the time.

Happy sleeping