The Swaddle Saved my life

Until I was in the hospital hours after labour I had no idea how ‘the swaddle’ would change my life. The nurses parlayed the technique and we began to wrap Finn like a hot dog...mmm hot dogs...We fell out of the habit soon after we got home as we were struggling to remember a thousand things at once and we thought he was growing too big for it...boy was I wrong. One fateful day as I was whining to a girlfriend that he wasn’t sleeping in his bassinet very well, she asked if I had used the swaddle she gave me as a shower gift. “Um, no” I sheepishly replied as I had forgotten all about the swaddle tucked in my drawer. They are created by a company called ‘swaddle me’ and that was the changing day in my life (a la Dr. Phil). We began to swaddle and he started to really sleep well in his crib on his own - hoo ray! I mean look at how happy this mom & baby is :)


As Finn grew (at 2 months he looked as tall as a 2 year old), we knew our days were numbered on the swaddle. Then we took a trip and forgot it - how the hell did that happen Troy...I say that to my husband as he took it out the luggage and didn’t put it back in - AHHHH! So we jimmy rigged a blanket and some pins to wrap him up toasty and lasted the weekend. We eventually found they made a larger size swaddle - eureka! - and are still wrapping him like a sausage every night and every nap. He sleeps 10 hours a night normally but his teeny toes are starting to touch the ends of the blanket and it makes me sweat. Should I just cut a hole in the bottom, or resort to duct tape (ok joking child services...). We are going to start the swaddle wean in the next few weeks. Leave one arm out, then the other for a week each and see how it turns out...but to all you new moms out there - remember this...the swaddle will change your life!