Well, I think the swaddling days are finally coming to a close. Early this morning Anna flipped from her back to her tummy (with one arm in and one arm out). I’m pretty sure it’s not safe for her to be on her tummy with her arms bound up, so it’s time to drop the swaddle.

I tried for an hour and a half to get her down for a nap this morning. Poor girl—she was so tired, but she just couldn’t sleep with her arms flailing around. At one point she was mostly asleep, and I was holding her hands to keep them still, but then she had a big startle and sent her arms flying, and then she started to cry the saddest cry, like, “Please let me go to sleep!” I finally just got her up. A little bit later, I tried to feed her, and of course she fell asleep almost instantly. I put her down on her stomach, held her still for just a minute to let her get back to sleep, and she slept for 45 minutes. It’s a start, but she’s gonna have to learn to sleep a lot longer than that!

We may be in for a rough few days, but I know she’ll eventually adapt.

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