Total Serious Happy Thread

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by wolfy999

After a while we finally unwrapped her and stripped her down to her onesie, and she quit crying right away.

Theo is definitely the opposite. The surest way to anger him is to take his clothes off. When he's being sleepy and I want him to have a full nursing session, I take his clothes off. Sometimes, I'm surprised by how fussy he's being and then I realize I never put his clothes back on. As soon as I finish zipping his cozier outfits he calms right down. (If it's warm, we'll put him in lightweight clothes and a lightweight swaddle cloth.)

He won't fall asleep well at all without the swaddle. The startle reaction is too strong. It'll be nice when he grows out of that, though it could be a while.

Swaddling is definitely a learned skill, and it can be hard to make yourself bundle the baby so tightly. After Theo pushed his way out of my swaddles and woke himself up in the middle of the night one too many times, I bit the bullet and got more aggressive in tightening the wrap. Nothing will motivate you more than having to wake up for a feeding session after an hour of sleep instead of the priceless TWO hours you crave so badly.