Pregnancy Complications: SwaddleMe

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Need Advice on How to Get My Daughter to Sleep Somewhere Other than My Bed :(

My daughter is 9 weeks old...from the time she came home from the hospital, she has refused to sleep in her bassinet or crib. My husband and I have tried every sleep positioner, wedge, and co-sleeper invented by anyone, but she still will not sleep anywhere but in my arms or in the bed with me. I think part of the reason may be that she doesn't like sleeping on her back (she can be fast asleep and when laid on her back she wakes right up.) So, in hopes of solving that problem, we positioned her with a wedge on her side, so she couldn't roll...

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5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket

I think I may have a unique problem that is a combination of breastfeeding, swaddling, sleep, and sanity... My 5 month old daughter Isabella was never a great sleeper. She cluster fed from the beginning and if it wasn't for the pump I think I would have either given up breastfeeding or jumped off a bridge! A friend of mine highly recommended the miracle blanket which is sort of like a baby straightjacket. It worked in extending her sleep by an hour or two (when she only slept a couple of hours, it was very helpful) and it became...