11/9/07
During Charis' first days with us, the poor little girl had to be patient while mom and dad learned the basics. Newborns like to be swaddled (wrapped tightly in blankets) when they sleep, because it makes them feel warm, like they did in the womb.
We would swaddle Charis tightly with two blankets and put her in the crib to sleep. After we did this, we would hear her grunting for approximately fifteen minutes, peek in her room and find she had wiggled her arms out of the blankets and fallen asleep. This particular time, she managed to get out of the blanets and her gown. No wonder she was crying so hard. We got a good laugh, though. We have learned since then, to wrap her even tighter. The tighter the better!
By the way, it is not a habit of ours to dress our daughter in blue. She was so teeny tiny when she was born, that we did not have many clothes that fit her. We resorted to the boy gowns a kind friend had lent us. Now, her laundry is one massive ball of pink.
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one mass of pink fluff is what her laundry is...makes me laugh but ah she is so sweet
All our kids wiggled their arms out of the swaddle, no matter how tight we made it. Some of them just need to be free! :)
ohh... hilarious! she wriggled out of her clothes too! LOL! She was like, "get me out of these boys' clothes!" :) ~Sara
Briana,
When they're screaming, crying and wiggling their arms out, doesn't it make you wonder if they really do like it? Haha. She sure does sleep better though.
Beth,
If I didn't like pink before, I better like it now. You just wait!
Sara,
She's happy to be done with Asher's gowns. The problem was probably never the swaddling!
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