Re: 'Happiest baby on the block' tips

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I agree, that would be very restrictive to swaddle a baby 20 hours per day. My colleagues would agree. I have a collicky baby who doesn't sleep well at night- she stretches and bops and scratches herself in the face at night, and she seems to hover in light sleeps. We tried swaddling last night, and it quite helped. We waited until she was already fast asleep before putting her in the swaddle. We agreed that if she cried because of it, we would take her out after 10 min and say we tried. This was at about 11:40. She woke up briefly, had a burp, then resumed sleeping. At 4:00 am, both my spouse and I woke up because she was sleeping so soundly (and we're used to her snuffling, stretching, half waking up then returning to sleep). At 4:40, she started making hunngry sounds. I nursed her, changed her, redid her swaddle and she was back asleep at 5:10am until 7:40 am. She inititally slept 5 hrs in a row instead of her usual 3.5- and that extra 1.5hrs to me was a dream (literally). If it was because of the swaddle, then i think it's been a great help for us. Of course we will not keep her swaddled all day, nor will we handcuff her to her bedroom when she's 15 in order to keep her from dating. I do cherish this time with her, she has been the ultimate gift to us, but I also need to sleep a bit more at night so I am better able to make sure my older children are not neglected during the day. You do raise a good point as to how easy it is to misinterpret and exploit ideas for parenting. Duct tape and children do not sound good together, for sure. If I heard the story at work without the details, I'd certainly investigate further. But, in this case, it's simply a home made idea to keep baby swaddling blankets together.

Darcie

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