Preston has been having a hard time grasping the concept that sleep is a necessity in life. He has decided that he is too old for naps and the over-rated concept of sleep. After a few days of this nonsense of Preston's quick "cat naps" consisting of a 5 minute period, I talked to the doctor about this unruly behavior and she suggested swaddling him really tight because of the baby startle reflex that happens in their sleep. She showed me a trick to swaddling so he could not get his hands out of the blanket and would therefore make it so he would not wake himself up when his reflexes kicked into high gear. So I try it out. I wrap him up real tight so he looks like a little glow worm, so tight you couldn't slip a paper in between the blanket and him. I get him to fall asleep and I put the little glow worm in his bed. And to my amazement he stayed asleep for more than 5 minutes. Tight tight swaddling is the answer...or is it... I went to go check on him an hour later and this is what I found
I couldn't believe my eyes, how did he do that? And in his sleep nonetheless. We have a Houdini on our hands. So, maybe the swaddling trick worked or maybe Preston finally gave in after 2 days of no sleep.
I should have 
known that this little guy loves to spread out his arms while sleeping.
known that this little guy loves to spread out his arms while sleeping.
