OklahoMama

I'm pretty sure I've tried every swaddle on the planet. It has been quite the saga, but one that has taught me a great deal. Firstly- when we had the tiny human, I had no earthly idea about all the options there were available. I also didn't realize important swaddling would become to me, which probably explains why I didn't look at the options. Swaddling was just something that we might do, maybe, sometimes, I thought. Boy howdy. Was I ever wrong. At the very beginning, in the hospital and our first night home, we didn't bother swaddling the baby. Because one of us was holding the baby at all times. So, no swaddle necessary. Upon realizing that this was ultimately unsustainable... we decided to try to swaddle her and let her take a nap in her Rock N' Play. She seemed to dig that pretty well, so we decided that might be a good option for her night time sleep. We swaddled her tight in a blanket that I had to spread all across the bed, usually on the h...

One of the things I worried the most about before having the tiny human was the night time. How would I cope with the lack of sleep. Would night feedings be hard? Would it be lonely? Would I sit up and cry in the dark because it was hard and lonely? The answer to most of the above questions was ultimately yes, but not all the time. I am not a night person. All throughout college, I went to bed early enough that everyone kind of made fun of me. 11? That was pushing it. 10? That's decent. 9? Now you are speaking my language. Because of my lack of night-owl-ness, I have never been overly fond of the dark. Nights do not feel friendly, they feel threatening and are not a place I want to hang out. Enter the tiny human. She was, most definitely, a night person when she came out. All tiny humans are. Well, they are pretty much round the clock people more so than night people, but they do love to party in the wee hours. Particularly when they are having some trouble gaining weig...