Sweet Keanan has challenged us in every imaginable way when it comes to getting him to sleep. He started as an amazing nighttime sleeper, but a terrible napper (30 minute snoozes don’t cut it when you’re a newborn), then his nighttime sleep fell apart too. We tried absolutely everything until the only remaining option was to hire a professional…either a shrink for me or a sleep coach for Keanan. We went with the latter. Her name is Angel and I don’t know that she totally lives up to the name, but she has helped a lot. The last major challenge was getting him out of the swaddle. I had been putting Keanan in two swaddles – the first was truly a baby straightjacket – there was absolutely no way he could move his arms (ask Shiny Grandpa – it took him about 20 minutes just to figure out how to Keanan out of it) – and then, just for good measure, I put another swaddle on top of that. So, needless to say, going cold turkey on the swaddle was a big deal. But Keanan is doing great. He figured out pretty quickly that being able to chew/suck on his hands and lovies, and sleep on his side or tummy was MUCH better than being in the straightjacket. He’s still not sleeping through the night and he’s usually up for at least an hour in the middle of the night, but, sadly, that’s real progress.
His last nap as a burrito:
2 comments:
My struggles with the swaddle unfortunately may say as much about me as the swaddle - but I'm okay with your interpretation. ;-)
I have spent more time than I care to really admit trying to get him free of that thing - glad to hear I'm not the only one!
He IS long!
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