We had an eventful first Christmas with Calan! Of course he had no idea that that day was any different from the next, but he got to see a lot of family and raked in the gifts!
On another note, we're trying to wean Calan off of being swaddled. He is now able to get out of the "miracle blanket" which is sort of like a baby straight jacket if you ask me. So, it's no small feat to escape this thing. We use the miracle blanket at night and he sleeps for 10 - 11 hours at a time. We use the Kiddopoatomaus wraps for his naps and he generally naps for 45 minutes about 4 times a day. Since he is regularly able to escape both of these contraptions, we decided to try and let him sleep "unswaddled" on Christmas night. We were at the Goodwins house for Christmas dinner and Calan's schedule was all over the place because he skipped a nap and was overtired. Regardless, we still wanted to try to let him sleep unswaddled. When we were preparing to leave the Goodwins house (about 20 minutes away from our house), we put Calan in a sleep sack with his pajamas underneath, so that we could just transfer him from the car seat when we got home. That worked out okay and he slept in his bed for about 30 minutes before crying. Neils got up and checked on him...he was not awake, but he was crying. Neils put his hand on him and replaced his pacifier and left him again. He was okay for about 20 - 30 minutes. Then it happened again. He repeated this process 12 times in 4 hours.....so we ended up swaddling him at around midnight and he slept until 6 am.
We are too scared to try again at this point, as we are leaving for Dallas on Thursday and know that he'll have enough trouble sleeping in a new place. But, when I went to him this morning, the little Houdini had gotten out of the miracle blanket again.
Does anyone out there have any tips on weaning him off being swaddled? We think the reason he keeps waking up is because his little arms get to going and he hits himself in the face. If anyone has any words of wisdom, we are all ears! I am just so scared he's going to start waking up every 30 minutes if we unswaddle him again. I am also nervous about making too many changes at once in his life, as I am starting to work out of the house 3 days a week beginning on 1/12 when I have to fly to Las Vegas for a tradeshow and won't return until late 1/14. So he will have our nanny watching him during the day and won't see me until Friday morning. So, not only will I be gone during the day, but he won't see me for 2 nights either. :( I am clearly really upset about this. Any help is appreciated!
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3 comments:
I am sorry, hun. Sleep problems are the worst, I do think. I sure love my sleep. I haven't swaddled mine beyond the hospital stay, plus a few days at home. So, I'm not much help...just sympathetic. Good luck.
I swaddled Grant until he was just way too big for it. I really think it was when he could start rolling over. I loved the kiddapotomaus swaddlers. I found that to be the only ones he'd sleep in. Plus they come in large sizes =) I kept him waddled to sleep because Grant would have those little twitches and wake himself up more often. I think you're stressing way too much about it. If he works good swaddled while sleeping, keep it going! No one is going to judge you. I know a lady who swaddled 24/7 for quite a long time!
probably too late.. but this is great for swaddle weaning - www.pekemoe.co.nz
all the best!
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