Apparently it's very soothing and completely eliminates the pain-in-the-ass of swaddling the kid yourself. Here's a SwaddleMe in action:
Looks comfy, huh?
Well, Ryan was NOT convinced.
He thought the thing looked more like a baby straight-jacket... Hannibal Lector-style!
It turned into my mission to convince him that the SwaddleMe was not a form of child abuse. I found an article on Colic and how to calm the baby down (one of the ways being to swaddle your kid up tight) and he was finally gave in to the idea of swaddling.
A year ago, I never thought I'd be having a serious conversation about swaddling.
And here is me practicing my swaddling techniques on Lady after her flea bath... see?! I'm getting the hang of it already!
Adventures in parenting begin...
Swaddling was the answer for us for sure!! I also love the styles that are like the one pictured, we are using the Summer and Kiddopotamus brands. I swear that it is why she starting sleeping through the night before she was 2 months old! We are still swaddling her at night and if we don't swaddle her she wakes up every 2-3 hours, ugh!
ReplyDeleteI love it! I am going to tell him about McKenna and if he is not convinced by all the evidence, then I don't know what to do.
ReplyDeleteread happiest baby on the block.
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and then watch the video.
it's like crack for babies.
:)
KIDDING.
YOU NEED THE SWADDLE ME!!! We used it for Tate for probably WAY too long! He and we loved it!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, and the Kiddopotamus brand is the absolute way to go!
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