This is a case where I should have listened to my girlfriend way sooner than I did. For some reason, I was so confident in my husband’s method of swaddling my first baby that I never ordered one of these miracle blankets for my first baby. And let me assure you, the name of this product is not an exaggeration.

So for 6 months, we pulled and stretched and tore all those blankets pilfered from the hospital after delivering my firstborn – and somehow they usually kept our little guy contained. It was another story with my daughter. She was so strong, that there was no way I could get any blanket to stay wrapped around her wriggly little body. So for about 4 months, I would wake up my husband after her middle of the night feeding session, and somehow while half-asleep, he would re-wrap her and put her to bed.

So, when my friend went ahead and sent me her Miracle Blanket, I said what the heck, I’ll give it a try. WELL, let me tell you, true genius went into the design of these little straightjackets. Flaps to hold the arms down, a pocket for baby’s legs, and a superlong flap that wraps around and around and around, making any escape attempt an exercise in futility. From day one, I was able to wrap my little girl in a jiffy, and to this day my husband blesses my friend for giving him the gift of 8 hours of solid sleep. This is the ultimate baby shower gift.

This is kind of random. I just went to the Miracle Blanket website and they had a video clip from today’s Today show showing an interview with the parents of 3 month old sextuplets in Arizona. All 6 were swaddled in their Miracle Blanket through the interview, and the parents even said the six babies are sleeping from 7PM to 7AM with only one 2AM wake-up. Now that’s a miracle!

$29.95 at www.miracleblanket.com/