To swaddle or not to swaddle?

That is the question!

When big bird was born he loved to be bundled up, for about a week, and then it ended. Then I had the Hawk, who I would bundle in a blanket (just like big bird), more so because I could not figure out how to use those swaddle things.

But my son had very bad colic and over came my "yoda, baby guru." She came over and told me the five s's, and then showed me how those swaddle things work. My life changed from there!! Any time he was crying and would not fall asleep, I would just swaddle him up and he would calm down.

Daddy bird of course thought he hated it because every time I was swaddling him up, he would cry and squirm, until I was done, then he would relax. The Hawk has always moved his hands to his mouth, ever since birth. So when he would be sleeping, those hands would wake him up trying to get to that mouth. But the swaddle stopped all that!

But then the day came when those little hands crept out of the swaddle and I had to swaddle him tighter and tighter, which was fine because I am the one to do it all the time. But grandparents, aunts and so on, were not so good at it and the hawk just would not cooperate for them.

So the day has come to decide "swaddle or not to swaddle?" To get long naps or not. Well we have decided not to swaddle. But now I have to go threw days of short naps, that seem like they will never go back. But he does seem happier to not be swaddled up, he just wakes himself up now.

So you see my dilemma, he sleeps better with it on, but anyone besides me can not work those darn swaddles.

I will report next week to see how it is going. In the mean time, pray for sleep in our house!