Swaddling keeps Madeleine as snug as a baby bug in a rug. Or perhaps as snug as a little pinto bean in a Chipotle burrito? That sounds better to me.
After a couple of weeks home from the hospital, we went off swaddling. Maddie didn't seem to appreciate being bound up in receiving blankets all the time and she had a Houdinian ability to break even the tightest wrap. She just wanted to have those feet free!
At first the "Swaddleme" blanket (pictured) seemed a little extreme to us as new parents. It is modified "swaddle system" that is basically a funny shaped fleece blanket with velcro closures. In other words - a baby straightjacket. On the never ending quest for a sounder sleeping baby, however, we recently decided to give it another try. Madeleine is definitely turned off by this thing (she will fuss for about 10 seconds, and then fall asleep for 3-4hours), but hopefully this will improve.
True to her reputation, though, Maddie gave us an "I wish I had gone and gotten the camera but it was four in the morning so who in the world would haved cared to do that at that moment" moment the other night. She is figuring out how to break the Swaddleme - in her sleep mind you. There she lay, still strapped in, but with her feet sticking straight out of that seam in the middle. It was fun. It was cute. Especially if you were there. And you were her parents.
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