So Sleepy!

So I reported in a blog not to long ago that my mother and I have a constant battle going back and forth over Lil Hoff and swaddling him. And in my head I keep going back and forth imaging how I could permanently be dislocating his shoulders cause I have him swaddled up so tight and that the Velcro holds him in place and he doesn't move his arms for several hours.

 For example.....

Now I take this picture one of two ways. Look how soundly he is sleeping and he does sleep through the night from about 10:00 at night to 7:30 - 8:00 in the morning which makes for a very happy mommy, which in turns leads to a calm mommy and a happy baby. All are good things!

I would also like to mention that being swaddled does not slow this boy down at all. He does circles all night long in his crib and is never in the same spot as where we lay him down at. So another point I would like to use with my argument that he does not mind being swaddled with Velcro. But certain things are starting to happen that makes me think that I might want to come up with another sleeping pattern for him. I have told everyone at four months we will not swaddle anymore. I have picked four months because due to my extensive GOOGLE research, it is about four months when they quit their involuntary movements, so he will not be waking himself in the head with a out of control hand and in return will sleep and then I will sleep. I do often ponder if I should move that four month marker up. I went into his room the other morning and was greeted with this.

After I stopped laughing every so softly not to disturb him, my heart broke a little bit that all he could get free was one little finger and he was making the most out of it. An eternal optimist, that is my boy!

Then this morning was the big sign that I might not make it to four months. He had broke free and loving it!

So to my mom I just have to stick my tongue out and do a little dance that even Velcro will not hold my baby in and he is fine and can escape at any time. To my husband I just have to shake my head and say that we have a long road ahead of us and maybe not so restful nights of sleep.