Swaddle Me!!

Sleeping for Beckett has not been too much of an issue. I really can't complain too much. We all hear the stories of kids who wake up 6 times a night, or who wake up and won't go back to sleep etc... Since Beckett has been born, he's been good about knowing night from day and sleeping pretty well for the most part. He wakes up once in the middle of the night anywhere between 12:30am-2:30am and then again in the early morning between 4:00am-6:00am. No, he's not the amazing child who sleeps through the night, but really I can't complain because he goes right back to sleep after he eats and all is good. Piece of cake right? WRONG!!! It wasn't until recently that I found out just how easy it really ISN'T. Beckett is a swaddle baby. What's does that mean you say? We have swaddled him up like a burrito since he was born in order to keep him feeling cozy and snug. Little did we know that was going to be the sleep crutch that would eventually come back to hit us in the other leg when we least expect it! Now that Beckett is getting stronger (insert Kanye West song here), he can pretty much wiggle his way out of any swaddle. You could hog tie this kid and he'd still get himself free! (as a mom I am very proud of his accomplishments at such a young age, but as a person who is going to go back to work soon, re-swaddling all the time is NOT time efficient nor will be fun for those in his care) I now am working on weaning him from the swaddle. Little did I know how frustrating this process will be. I got a taste of it today! See for yourself!

Put him down without swaddling completely... Yay!

He then decides to play around as usual. What you don't see is him trying

to bat at the camera in his crib and thinks its funny... Arg!

Started to cry after re-positioning him again for nap... Why?!

Finally after an hour of fussing and crying, he finally went to sleep...

only lasted 25 minutes however!

Day one of weaning him from the swaddle... unsuccessful! Took over an hour and finally had to pat his tummy while making shushing noise to get him to sleep.

Beckett = 1 Mommy = 0

The swaddle weaning process begins...