re: You're Doing It Wrong

bookmama — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:59:48 GMT

I was lame and bought the swaddleme - and loved that damn thing so much! She only liked it for about 6 weeks - but it was the first six weeks, and every second of sleepy bliss counted. Then she went the way of chyna's daughter (above), and would only relax when she could move her arms around. And then she started flipping over.

re: You're Doing It Wrong

chyna823 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:42:58 GMT

My oldest *hated* being swaddled. From her first day of life, she loathed it. As soon as she was wrapped up, she would scream and flail her little fists about until her arms were free, and then she would relax.

But what did I hear from the nurses at the hospital? "You're doing it wrong." Just what a new mom needs to hear. They could not be convinced that she just hated being swaddled.

(My youngest on the other hand, loved being swaddled so tightly that it elevated her body temperature and made the nurses think she was running a low fever.)