Well.........as I have come to learn in some very comical ways......Baby #7 is very different than Baby #1. So very many things change along the road of parenting. But, last night was by far the most comical and most interesting little issue to date. Gavin has been sleeping through the night for many months...but most of those have been spent sleeping peacefully through the night in his swing. I figure whatever allows me to sleep uninterrupted and gets them on an all night routine is what works.....whether it be swing, bed or car seat. So, on that note, I have gradually been working Gavin into his bed for the nights. He's done exceedingly well and continues to sleep all night except for a couple of nights where I fed him at 1 or 3 am. Other than that all has been well and we continue on in peaceful uninterrupted slumber.......at least uninterrupted by Gavin. That doesn't include the restless sleep of Grant and the 778 times he wakes during the night.
After having stayed up until 2 am to usher in the New Year with Grayson and Evye we all fell into deep sleep. Gavin was in his little bed in his hallway bedroom outside of Brad's and my door. Having failed to awaken him at 11 for that feeding he'd been asleep since 7pm. 5am rolled around and I heard him cry. In some far away world, as in some drugged state, I got up and made my way to him. When fussing he usually works his way around in the bed and eventually ends up with his head towards the wall and his feet towards me. So, in the pitch black dark of the night I gently picked him up as I always do and made my way to my own bed with him. Before laying him down in my bed I went to cradle his head and cup it in my hand as I positioned him on the bed. My hand went up to my shoulder in an effort to find his head. I thought it was kind of odd that I couldn't find anything round to cup my hand around. But, alas, I was still in a very zombie like state. Fishing around in the dark I tried to find his head thinking he was just laying over my shoulder in a rather odd position. Hmmmmmmm. No head there. Just small and pointy hard little things. Finally I couldn't figure out what I was doing so I put my hand down by my waist to cup his butt and figure out where he was. But........that was not his butt down by my waist. Nope......then it hit me. Oh my freakin gosh. Upon putting my hand down by my waist to cup his butt I found I was now holding his head. I quickly felt back up around my shoulder yet again and discovered 2 little feet by my face and his little head most definitely hanging at my waist. A bit stunned and now a little more than 1/2 way awake I flipped him over to right side up and gently laid him on the bed. He was no worse for the wear and quickly went searching for his early morning breakfast. I snuggled into bed with him........making sure he was still right side up........and then dozed back off as he nursed.
That is something I can most definitely say would never have happened the 1st go around of our parenting experiences. I suppose it really hits you that you have 7 when you start carrying them around upside down.
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You have to tell me how you are moving him out of the swing! Milo is still swaddled in the swing and I can't figure out how to move him to his bed. HELP!
Hey...no worries! Milo is still 2 1/2 months younger than Gavin and had I tried to move Gavin 2 1/2 months ago it would have never worked! I just wait until they're ready. I start to notice that they're waking during the night in the swing and when I do nurse they stretch out more, like they're dying to spread out a little. I transitioned him by doing naps in the bed. I started with his morning nap and then after a few days went to both morn. and after. naps. After he was doing really well with those I found he preferred the bed at night too. He usually doesn't even fuss about being put to bed in it. Like he did the day y'all were here. I just laid him in it and after about 5-10 minutes he was out. Tonight the house was realy loud and rowdy since Mother arrived so he fussed a little but that was it. I change his diaper and put him in pj's, nurse him and then lay him down immediately.
I seriously wound't worry too much about it though. I started noticing signs of him wanting to stretch out right around the 5 month mark. I think Garrett slept in it even longer than that. I think he was about 6 months old when I finally just bit the bullet and did it. When they're that old it's pretty easy. Since Garrett had a bedroom instead of the hallway and he was that old I would just kiss him and love on him a little and then put him down and shut the door. I would highly recommened investing in a noisemaker. They're a lifesaver!!! For 1st babies it allows them to grow accustomed to noise and frees you to vacuum, have company and be noisy and for subsequent babies it allows them to sleep through the chaos. I found it also helps every one of them go to sleep.
I say start working on unswaddling him 1st by just wrapping him loosely in a baby blanket in the swing and then start with naps in the crib. Sometimes smaller spaces work better so you might can try dividing the crib in 1/2 and laying him sideways in it or using the travel crib for a little while. Dont' worry though. Remember..it's just whatever works for you and him! And if the swing works and you're getting sleep then by all means do the swing!!! I prefer sleep over what the world or a pediatrician recommends! LOL! You know him better than anybody so just roll with his little preferences for now.
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