Childcare: Myself, Miracle Blanket

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Someone Has to Have an Answer

Background to this question: 4 month old who is having a lot of trouble sleeping at night. At 2 months we tried Zantac because she was having trouble with watery stools and arching her back and fidgeting while she was eating (dr was calling it acid reflux). When Zantac didn't work, and my supply was running really low, we took her off breastmilk and put her on Gentlease formula due to what I thought was a lactose overload. Things got better, but were still not great so we tried Axcid. She was on that and every time we increased her dosage...

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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...