baby update

You might recall these baby straight jacket from when we used them to get Bluet to sleep. They work just as well on Wilder, especially at night




And here he is doing 'tummy time'



And big sister time



Just chillin' time

How time flies - No Jacket Required

A sign of progress, Bluet needs neither straightjacket nor dummy to sleep any more - looks like she has those hands under control. Actually, they now even seem to comfort her (a bit) whilst she is going to sleep. And just for fun, these are the songs we sing as she goes to sleep: me (because there apparently aren't that many songs where I know all the words) Emily (because, randomly).

Look Mum, no blanket

Hands

One issue you may encounter with a small child/baby is that of hands. Now, to you and me hands may seem to be an essential feature of our bodies; at worst they are benign and at best rather useful - indeed, we could barely manage without them, and I am using them right now to write this. But on a small child hands are basically a nuisance.

In Bluet's case, we have the following issues:

1) small nails that are very difficult to cut, but that get sharp and can then scratch her face

2) hands that know how to remove a dummy that is comforting her to sleep, but do not know how to put it back in

3) and of course, hands are attached to arms that like to wave around randomly, waking up a sleeping baby

Fortunately there is a simple, non-invasive solution to this problem, the baby straight jacket.

Bluet in Straight Jacket

This should keep everything in the right place and solve these hand issues. However, whilst they do seem to work, Bluet appears to be something of an amateur Houdini, and is capable of getting at least one hand free of even the tightest swaddling within quite literally minutes - just enough time for her also to fall asleep. Hopefully this will be a lucrative future career that will pay for college.

5 minutes later: Bluet free of straight jacket (and changed into different clothes)