I wish they had adult versions of everything we wrap our babies in! All the blankets are so crazy soft and awesome! I am not really a picky sleeper but my hubby is. His bedtime ritual is humorous to me. He has to line up his blankets juuust right, we have to have the room cool, he has two head pillows, one knee pillow (I guess it’s a guy thing), and one more pillow that he snuggles with! I plop down in bed, pull up the covers and I’m out like a light. 😉 Enjoy your Friday!

I love that you have him in a pink swaddle blanket. Adorable! My son was swaddled in the hospital, because that’s just what they do. Everytime the nurses did anything they then wrapped him right back up. I could never do it as well as they did, but my hubby seemed to get it. However we never bought velcro blankets and soon stopped swaddling at all and he was a good sleeper anyway!

Awwww! A little Henry burrito! My co-workers little guy loved to be swaddled extra tight with the tv on in the background. I guess they can wake themselves up if they’re not swaddled and it spooks them.

Very curious about your choice to name your son a boy name if you didn’t want to enforce “genderification”…can you maybe explain more why you chose the pink swaddle? Thanks!

We always called the swaddle the baby burrito! Works like a charm! BTW, you should watch Pregnant in Heels on Bravo (if you don’t already). Funny stuff!

Swaddling is amazing! We swaddled our daughter and it was one of the greatest parenting decisions ever. The velcro swaddles work really well for the wee peanuts; I highly recommend the Miracle Blanket for when Henry gets a little older and can bust out of the velcro. Congrats on your new little boy – he’s darling!

I am soo glad you also think he looks like a baby burrito. I had to read the title of this post twice after seeing the picture of him. too cute and glad he’s sleeping better!

When my husband I were dating, he’d tuck me into bed on the night he’d go home (we were long distance) and it was AWESOME to be so snuggly tucked in.

Your breakfast looks so good, I need to buy a pear now! And I’m a very light sleeper. I prefer dark and cold, but generally I can sleep in most conditions but I wake up a ton.

Why yes they do Caitlin…i believe its called “the forever lazy” hahaha

I’m picky about pillows, but not usually too bad otherwise! Oh and I like when I can stick my feet out the side of the covers (when it’s warm), so I hate super tucked in sheets, I alawys just rip one side out lol.

Swaddles for adults are called Snuggies. 🙂 I loved to swaddle my son when he was little. He won’t let me now that he’s six.

I think a sleeping bag would be the closest thing to an adult swaddle!

OMG you are just now getting the swaddle! Our 5.5 month old still sleeps in his. I cannot imagine the last 5.5 months without it!

That is the cutest little baby I’ve ever seen. I can see why swaddling would have that appeal.

that has to be the CUTEST pic ever (swaddling)! Snug as a bug in a rug. 🙂

I have a lot of problems falling and staying asleep so you could say Im pretty picky with the conditions. I have to sleep with a fan on (it’s a lovely white noise to me!) and the room has to be as dark as possible. Many alarm clock lights annoy the heck out of me because they are so bright. I have to turn them over usually. We now have a super dim alarm clock that shines the time on the ceiling without any glare…it’s amazing. hah

I’m totally taking notes on everything you’re learning with Henry. Someday I’ll need to remember things like swaddling!

I swaddled both of my kids and I swear by it, it really is baby magic!!

I also used to be slightly picky about sleep, but since te kids were born I just need a place to be still and comfortable to go to sleep! It drives my husband nuts because I can fall asleep on the couch while one of the kids is having a tantrum!

so did this cut down on the number of feedings during the night?

I am a first time mom with a 12 day old. She loves to be swaddled! Her middle name is Rose and I like to call her Burrito Rose 🙂

When our guy was tiny, we referred to him as “baby burrito” when he was wrapped up. We didn’t do it for the first two weeks of his life – I think we were so tired we didn’t what we were doing! But he has responded to swaddling amazingly. When we have our next one, I will be swaddling from day one – although I’ve never been as good as the nurses on the maternity ward – they are pros!

no explanation of the pink swaddle!?

I didn’t even notice it was pink! Why do people assume that girls always have to be in pink and boys in blue? It’s really not that serious!

We are 4 months old and still swaddling for naps and overnight sleep. He hates going in it, but then gets relaxed. I don’t know how we will break him of the swaddle, he needs it still. Just beware that washing them makes them shrink, and we keep buying more of the same size until he moves onto the next size.

You can try the 5 S’s, though it sounds like just the 1 S worked fine.
Swaddling
Shh Shh Shh noise
Sway
Side lying
Sucking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkR_e1L6zxI

We always thought our daughter hated being swaddled, but when she started being a SUPER crappy sleeper around 6 o 7 weeks we decided to give it a go. Like you mentioned in the comments you kind of had to distract her to get her in or she was totally pissed, but once she was swaddled she slept SO much better.

Our favorite one was the halo sleep sack with the newborn swaddler thing. It was the only one I could get tight enough to keep her arms in. It lets their legs have a bit more freedom as well, and is easier to transition into a sleep sack. Hope he lets you sleep more and more!

Love that you threw gender to the wind and got him a pink one. If we ever have a girl she’s going to have a lot of trucks, dinos, dogs, blues and browns. My son hated being swaddled he screamed bloody murder. We finally gave up after a few nights. I’m so glad it worked for Henry!

I have to tell you a little story. I was vacationing in NH this week with my inlaws. When I saw how flippin cute Henry looked all swaddled up, I had to show him off to the family. I said, “Look how cute he looks!” (of course, I acted like I actually know you!) My MIL said, “You mean she.” I said, “No, it’s a boy.” She said, “That baby is wearing pink.” So I looked back at the picture and noticed Henry had some pink on. I thought nothing of it of course since I know your thoughts on gender. I then tried to explain that to my MIL but she seemed really bothered by it. I was really taken aback by her reaction. Are people THAT closed minded? How did she even notice the pink so quickly? And he’s a baby, it doesn’t matter what color his clothes are. And don’t people know that guys wear pink? Ugh, sorry about my little rant at the end. Have you experienced similar reactions by others?