That's right! Ethan is NOT swaddled!!!! We (and by we I mean Lonnie) decided about two minutes before bedtime last night that it was time to give up the swaddling (well, WAY past time). We tried giving up cold turkey a couple of months ago and that was a horrible scream-fest, and we haven't tried since then. He just wouldn't sleep longer than 20 minutes in his crib without being swaddled, and I didn't want to be up every 20 minutes at night. Anyway, we decided to try it and he actually did quite well. We got up a few more times than usual, but it was not nearly as bad as I imagined.
And since we're on the subject, his nighttime sleeping has improved - we decided to feed him cereal around 6:15, then bath, and bed at 7pm. We wake him up before we go to bed to feed him his last bottle. He sleeps pretty soundly until around 3am. For some reason, he's up a lot between 3-5am, then he's sound asleep again until 6:30-7ish. Weird, huh? So aside from the two hour stretch, it's a big improvement!
Here's the happy boy when he woke up this morning, so proud of himself for sleeping without being swaddled!!!
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He is sooo beautiful!! Don't you LOVE that first morning smile?!! I love the way he is sleeping with his little arm up and hand under his head! He looks like every other Lamp I've ever seen asleep! Give him hugs from me. Love you guys!
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