Ever since I read
The Happiest Baby On The Block by Harvey
Karp, we have swaddled Hailey to sleep at night and for naps. We have gone through three sizes of
swaddle wrap as she has grown because being wrapped up nice and snug has helped her sleep longer. Lately, I have been getting increasingly frustrated with the swaddle because it doesn't fit and I can't get it to stay tightly wrapped around her. Every time I go in to get Hailey out of her crib she has either worked an arm out the top and is waving it around or she has busted her hands out the bottom. Struggling out of the swaddle wrap seems to be waking her up more than it is helping her sleep so last night I decided to ditch the swaddling cold turkey and see how she would do. I expected her to be upset with the unfamiliar sleeping conditions so I decided to do it when I knew I didn't have to go back to work for a few days, just in case I ended up being up with her all night. Well, apparently I was worried for nothing because SHE. DID. AWESOME!! It seems she was more than ready to be free of the swaddle because not only did she sleep well during the night, she napped without it easily today as well. Why didn't she just say so in the first place?? =)
On another note, I was downloading some pictures of Hailey from my camera and something struck me...I'm not in any of them! Out of all the zillions of pictures we have taken of Hailey since she was born, I have only a handful of pictures of us together! Since I am the one who is always grabbing the camera for a photo op (unless my mom is around, she's a picture snapping maniac!), by default, I don't end up in any of them. I don't want to have to tell Hailey when she's older, "Yes honey, I promise I
was around when you were little, I'm just
behind the camera." So, I need to make more of an effort to hand the camera to someone else every once in a while...like tonight!
My poor little munchkin is having a rough time with those teethies =( The last two days have been hard on her and she constantly has anything she can get her hands on crammed in her mouth. She is waking up more at night and not napping well either, which does not help matters. I really hope these teeth make an appearance soon!
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