The surprises never end...

TaraDustin

So, when we brought DS home from the hospital, I didn't swaddle for two reasons: 1) he wriggled out of blankets, and the swaddlers were too big, and 2) he HATED being swaddled. He always has his hands by his face, and he hated having them strapped down. Fast forward almost 8 weeks. He sleeps in his RNP in our room at night, and naps in it during the day. About a week ago, he started STTN. I'm totally fine with him being in the RNP, but now that he's STTN, I figure we might as well start the transition to the crib. Well, as with a lot of you guys, he tends to startle himself awake when he's flat on his back (or even with the wedge thing in his crib). We don't have that problem in the RNP because it cradles him. So, the logical thing to do is swaddle him, but he hated it so much when he was younger. Well today I thought, what the heck, I'll give the swaddler another go. And what do you know? It worked! He fussed for a second at first, but then immediately started to fall asleep! I went and laid him in his crib, he woke up after a few minutes because he lost his binky, so I put it back in, and he's been asleep for about an hour now! Yay!! Weird how much they change! : )

HappyAardvark

If anything, I've learned you just have to keep trying stuff. What they hate one day, they could love the next!

jonnygurl76

It is weird how fast they change--as soon as you have your rhythm down they throw you a curve ball.  Hooray for sleeping babies!

spedi

Mine actually slept IN BED for over an hour this afternoon. I got two Christmas gifts made!  WAHOO!  Oh, and lunch and laundry and loaded the dishwasher.

 

Jazzym12

My little one did the same thing!  She hated the swaddle and all the sudden this week that is the only way she will sleep! But I'm not complaining she slept 5 hrs straight last night.

wilsontl19191

HappyAardvark:If anything, I've learned you just have to keep trying stuff. What they hate one day, they could love the next!

This!  I have been thinking of how to transition LO to his crib for naps (he naps in his swing and is in his RNP at night)....he HATES to lay flat and unswaddled so as he got fussy today I swaddled him (i never swaddle him for naps), put the sound machine on "heartbeat" (jonnygurl - thanks for the homedic recommendation) and put him in his crib. He cried for about a minute....but now he is asleep!  *knock on wood*  Small victories.  Trial and error.

colliebabe

I thought LO hated her swaddle too, but then I learned a "super swaddle" at our baby class today and it worked like a charm!  We were having so many issues with her napping and now she has been asleep for over an hour!

jonnygurl76

wilsontl19191:

HappyAardvark:

If anything, I've learned you just have to keep trying stuff. What they hate one day, they could love the next!

This!  I have been thinking of how to transition LO to his crib for naps (he naps in his swing and is in his RNP at night)....he HATES to lay flat and unswaddled so as he got fussy today I swaddled him (i never swaddle him for naps), put the sound machine on "heartbeat" (jonnygurl - thanks for the homedic recommendation) and put him in his crib. He cried for about a minute....but now he is asleep!  *knock on wood*  Small victories.  Trial and error.

Yay Preston!   

buskey2011

when I started reading this I thought you were writing about my ds he does the same thing we just started back swaddling hiim a week ago and the only blanket he is satisfied is the afghan my mom knit him we tried a different blanket he refused with this special blanket we get 4 hrs stretch of sleeping if we don't forget it! he went on strike for awhile with bassinet and rnp then he went back to liking the bassinet and still on strike for rnp and today he slept 4 hrs then 3 hrs and now he is sleep in his rnp. I told my np i wanted to trransition him to crib she said if he is happy wait so im waiting to do crib you given me hope when we get the green light he will do good in his crib thank you