Okay, so I know that mostly all of my posts are about our little baby girl Kennley, but that is because my blog is like my journal. I do keep a baby book with all of her first's and a log of how she is growing, but I am much better at the blogging thing and adding pictures along with my stories. So I hope everyone who looks at our blog and reads our stories enjoys:)
So this may sound kind of corney to alot of you, but we are so excited to say that we are retireing Kennley's swaddle. Ever scence she was just a few weeks old the only way she was able to sleep was to be fed, wrapped in her swaddle, and rocked to sleep, but the minute she was able to wiggle those little arms out she would wake herself up and we had to start the whole process over again(even every two hours when she would wake up to eat.) It was such a process every time we put her to bed at night and down for a nap. Don't get me wrong I loved every minute of holding her and rocking her in my arms as she fell off to a deep sleep. It gave my a lot of one on one time with her that I loved very much.....There is just something about holding a precious little angel in your arms and thinking about how blessed we are to have her in our lives.
So, the other day we just decided to try and lay her down for a nap without the swaddle and see how long she would stay asleep. Within a few minutes she was out and slept for about an hour and a half. We thought maybe it was just a fluke and she was just extremely tired, so we tried it again yesterday for her nap, and the same thing happened. We were so excited! So, last night we were a little nervous to put her down without her swaddle because we thought for sure she would wake up at least two or three times in the night(she has just started sleeping around 8-10 hours at night and it has been wonderful.) I fed her and just rocked her for a little while like I do every night and then put her down, and she cried for about 5 minutes and then she was out. We prepared ourselves for the long night and had the swaddle handy just in case, but she did so good and slept through the whole night. We absolutely love it! And I still get my one on one time with her every nap time and every night. Yea............The swaddle is officially retired:)
This was just after nap time when she
would wiggle those little arms out........
For such a big stretch!
5 months ago
5 comments:
aw thank you so much for your sweet comment. I know when its right it will happen. I cant wait to be a mommy. But I also love being lazy and sleeping and vacas!! But I am ready to be a mom. So cross your fingers =) That picture of Kennley stretching is sooo cute! Have a nice day
She is so cute. Congrats on moving on from the swaddle.
So the end of the swaddle for me was a love hate thing... IT means she is transitioning out of baby mode and When Halle was sdone swaddling she was done being held like that as well... Sad but she is sitting up on her own now so that is fun, I just keep trying to look forward to the new fun things, instead of feeling bad she's not a little baby anymore... We really need to get together and hang out sometime? if you want, either our next 80's night! or your next game night! My email is on my blog and if you wanna chill email me with your number and we can get together soon!
That's crazy! Kennley is a step ahead of me, for I still use a swaddle to put myself to sleep. YOU GO GIRL!
Anywho - Brax was born on April 3rd, so just a week or so before little Kennley. Fun stuff. We should all get together sometime for a little playtime:)
Take Care-
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