Yay Miracle Blanket!!

As many of you know, Lily has reflux which has meant that she is held upright just about 24/7.  Yes, we have slept sitting up and holding her for a long while.  Even giving her reflux medicine and elevating her mattress didn't seem to help.  Well, we went to the doctor for her 2 month visit (and shots - sad!) and we told her that we were still struggling with her reflux and were sitting up with her, etc.  She told us that Lily was very healthy and the fact that she was choking and gagging on the reflux (sorry, that was kind of gross) meant that she had good reflexes and was keeping it out of her airways on her own...which that means we shouldn't worry as much (yeah, right) about laying her down as long as we kept her elevated as much as possible.  The doc also said that she could tell by some of Lily's actions that she wasn't getting enough good sleep.  Yeah, not surprised there.  So we took the doctor's advice.  We elevated her mattress even more, swaddled her up, turned on the white noise machine and tried getting her to sleep by herself in the bassinet so we could get her on a regular schedule.  It did not go very well for the first few days.  But then, enter the Miracle Blanket.  A friend of ours gave us one as a gift and had told us it had worked wonders for them.  And let me just say - woo hoo!!!  That thing is awesome!  Thank you, Adrienne!  Lily always squirmed and wiggled out of all the other swaddling blankets we'd tried.  But not this one!  She has been sleeping by herself for up to 4 and 5 hours at a time!  It is truly life-changing!  I highly recommend it.  You can get one for yourself at Pickles and Ice Cream and a few other places in the LR area.