Unswaddled!

So the swaddling issue has finally come to an end. It took a little over a week to get Sasha used to sleeping without being wrapped up. She would wake many times in a night at first, but slowly, slowly, the wakings became normalized. Now she normally just awakens for her 3am feed. I'm so pleased.

I had asked my doctor a while ago if swaddling inhibited a babies' physical development, and she said no, not to worry about it. If I had to do it all again, I'd still have swaddled Sasha, but I do believe that the swaddling did slow things down for her in some ways. She is now quickly catching up, and it's amazing to see. She's rediscovered her hands, and seems to be far more in control of them. She's rolling around and pulling herself all over the place. She's just far more physical in general. It might be her age, but even a couple of weeks ago before she was unswaddled, in the daytime she had no interest in "exercise".

Now the problem (it's always SOMETHING!) is that she's so excited to be physical, that it's hard to get her to settle down in her crib. Once she does, she rarely wakes up through the night, but she spends a good 45 minutes to an hour flipping around in there! Ah, my little acrobat.