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carolinakiwi
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XP: Clicky poll - HELP, to swaddle or not to swaddle
carolinakiwi
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We have been swaddling DS from the very beginning. Around 2
weeks of age we learned the Happiest Baby on the Block way of swaddling.
DS slept phenomenally in the hospital when swaddled (though he was just a newborn and probably still groggy from my epi). But when we got home he hated it.
However, we've stuck with it b/c DS flails his arms and legs sooooo badly if he's not swaddled. Even if he is swaddled he fights it really bad and looks like he's having a boxing match or doing gymnastics in the swaddle. He ALWAYS gets at least one arm out.
It is the worst in the early morning hours (4 am - 7 am). He gets fussy and fights the swaddle and wakes up during his light sleep phases and wakes up fussing and crying. However, if we leave him unswaddled he also wakes up.
We don't know what to do and are torn in which method to let him sleep. Everything I read about babies says to swaddle them to help them with their reflexes.
My
sister came over one night last week to take care of my DS b/c I was
extremely stressed out and when she took over after he woke up in our
bedroom at 11:30, she put him back down in his crib (which he had never
slept in).....and she did not swaddle him - she just tucked a blanket
over him in the creases of the crib. He slept for two, 3 hour
sessions for her. At that point we hadn't gotten many 3 hour sessions
out of him, much less two in one night.
We tried laying him to sleep w/ no swaddling since my sister did and he still flails really badly and wakes up.
We've tried swaddling, swaddling just his torso and legs, and not swaddling and just tucking a blanket over him.
My Ovulation Chart
TTC #1 since June 2009: irregular cycles
BFP 1/20/10, EDD 9/28/10, born 10/5/10
TTC #2 since Nov 2011:
BFP 2/8/12, MC @ 5 weeks; BFP 3/22/12, MC @ 5 1/2 weeks; BFP 9/10/12, MC @ 6 weeks
Started seeing RE Nov 2012. Chromosomal test and all other tests came back "normal". Unexplained MCs. Found mild hytpothyroidism. Two unmedicated cycles, both BFNs. First medicated cycle (clomid, ovidrel) 1/23/13. Low progesterone found during 9DPO P4 test = 7.6. Put on prometrium supplements.
BFP 2/16/13; 2/18/13 (13 dpo): Beta #1=52.8, progesterone=18.7; estrogen = 412; Dr. increased progesterone dosage.
2/21/13 (16 dpo): Beta #2 = 269; progesterone = 32.4
2/25/13 (20 dpo): Beta #3 = 1,236
2/28/13 (23 dpo): Beta #4 = ?? tbd
TTC #1 since June 2009: irregular cycles
BFP 1/20/10, EDD 9/28/10, born 10/5/10
TTC #2 since Nov 2011:
BFP 2/8/12, MC @ 5 weeks; BFP 3/22/12, MC @ 5 1/2 weeks; BFP 9/10/12, MC @ 6 weeks
Started seeing RE Nov 2012. Chromosomal test and all other tests came back "normal". Unexplained MCs. Found mild hytpothyroidism. Two unmedicated cycles, both BFNs. First medicated cycle (clomid, ovidrel) 1/23/13. Low progesterone found during 9DPO P4 test = 7.6. Put on prometrium supplements.
BFP 2/16/13; 2/18/13 (13 dpo): Beta #1=52.8, progesterone=18.7; estrogen = 412; Dr. increased progesterone dosage.
2/21/13 (16 dpo): Beta #2 = 269; progesterone = 32.4
2/25/13 (20 dpo): Beta #3 = 1,236
2/28/13 (23 dpo): Beta #4 = ?? tbd
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Re: XP: Clicky poll - HELP, to swaddle or not to swaddle
Just wanted to say I LOVE your DS's name!
My DS is also named Jace
Awesome!!!!!! :-)
No one else has heard of his name. But today at my esthetician appt, she said her nephew has the same name.
TTC #1 since June 2009: irregular cycles
BFP 1/20/10, EDD 9/28/10, born 10/5/10
TTC #2 since Nov 2011:
BFP 2/8/12, MC @ 5 weeks; BFP 3/22/12, MC @ 5 1/2 weeks; BFP 9/10/12, MC @ 6 weeks
Started seeing RE Nov 2012. Chromosomal test and all other tests came back "normal". Unexplained MCs. Found mild hytpothyroidism. Two unmedicated cycles, both BFNs. First medicated cycle (clomid, ovidrel) 1/23/13. Low progesterone found during 9DPO P4 test = 7.6. Put on prometrium supplements.
BFP 2/16/13; 2/18/13 (13 dpo): Beta #1=52.8, progesterone=18.7; estrogen = 412; Dr. increased progesterone dosage.
2/21/13 (16 dpo): Beta #2 = 269; progesterone = 32.4
2/25/13 (20 dpo): Beta #3 = 1,236
2/28/13 (23 dpo): Beta #4 = ?? tbd
I had a friend in college with the same name! He was awesome, so I like that name!
Yeah, I get the same thing, usually followed by "oh thats so cute" or a strange WTF face. I don't care what anyone else thinks. I love his name and it totally fits is little personality.
I know its controversial but have you tried the special swaddling sacks like Miracle Blankets or the SwaddleMe?
They look like baby straight jackets but they work. My DD was the same way (Flailing... fussy.... angry to have her arms down) but we got the swaddleme and now she sleeps 5 hour stretches at night. During the day when she naps, we just do the blanket tuck and she's happy with that as well.