Some of you reading this will laugh, but swaddling has been an adventure in our house! When Madelynn was born, she wouldn't sleep anywhere except on me. We tried to swaddle her, and she would immediately wiggle out of it ... like the picture below.
When she was 4 weeks old, we started double swaddling her (along with giving formula and using a noise machine!) and she immediately began sleeping on her own in her cradle. Mommy was so happy to get several hours of good sleep! Soon she was sleeping 8-12 hours, so we moved her into her crib at 6 weeks.
Still double swaddling, Madelynn was so happy and so rested ... so were Mommy and Daddy!
At 4 months, Madelynn started to break out of the swaddle again. She wanted to chew on her fingers. So, we began to single swaddle her and do a few nap times completely unswaddled. That definitely took some getting used to for Madelynn!! She'd get frustrated because she wanted her hands, but she couldn't fall back asleep without being swaddled!
Last Monday I decided to see if she'd sleep better at night without the swaddle. Although she woke up several times during the night (one morning about 4:00 I went in because I heard her "talking" and she had her feet up on the crib, smiling, and enjoying herself!), she woke up less than when she was swaddled .... :)
And last night, she slept 12+ hours without waking up at all!! YAY!! :)
Sporting the Sounders shirt Uncle Scott gave her for Christmas
