It's Baaaaack!

Just a few short weeks into retirement, the Miracle Blanket, aka the "Straight Jacket" comes back into play for a reprise role....

Michael and I have been joking about doing something to prevent Baby Michael from constantly rolling over in his crib and getting himself stuck on his tummy....I mean just when all other sleep issues are starting to improve, now this. Time after time after time, morning, noon, and night, Michael rolls on his tummy and gets stuck, resulting in a cycle of crying and frustration that is hard to bring him down from. And when he gets stuck on his tummy, there's a very, very small window of tolerance...and if one of us doesn't get in there in that, oh...I'd say 30 seconds or so, he gets SO angry and then we don't have to just roll him over, we have to soothe him and get him to a place of quiet so he stands a chance of getting to sleep.

Well, we've been pretty patient....but last night was a real test. It was 3:30 in the morning and he got up to eat. No biggie. Routine situation. He ate, I changed his diaper and put him back to bed. Well, this routine of rolling on his tummy and getting stuck went on until almost 5am! He lost whatever sleepiness he had, and he was unstoppable!

It is a tricky balance because he is comfy on his side and tummy and sleeps really well here, but it is a very delicate calculation for him to find just the right spot at just the right level of tiredness. If it's not the right spot, or he's not tired enough, he just cries and insists on being on his back.

So, after hopping in and out of bed countless times, I was cooked! I needed something to tie him down. I had two choices: either get out my stapler and staple the kid's clothes to the mattress, or...yes! I know! Swaddle blanket!

I wrapped him up, hopped into bed and rubbed my hands together rather fiendishly, feeling like I've done something sinister by tying him up...and as I switched on the video monitor to see how he was liking them apples....

I saw......

....he was already fast asleep and stayed that way until past 8 and woke up smiley and cheerful ready to play.

Oh, thank heavens! So Swaddle Blanket will be back into play at least until he learns to roll from his tummy to his back!

What a character this kid is! He would do something like this wouldn't he?

Well, nevertheless, we love him to pieces and to be honest, find this little habit of his pretty darn endearing.