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My 7 Month Old Helmet Wearing Swaddle Addict August 10, 2007

Adam is 7 months old today. He’s been wearing his new hat for about a week now, and I don’t know who hates it more, him or me. I know he needs it. One look at his wonky head confirms that for me every time, but it’s still really hard.

Things are better now than they were when he got it last week, though. The first day he wouldn’t even lay down in it without crying. He’s had a gradual breaking in schedule ramping up the time he’s spent wearing it each day, and he started wearing it full time, 23 hours a day, on Tuesday. He gets pretty fussy in it and has had some trouble sleeping in it, but I know it’s just a matter of getting adjusted to it. You should see him when he gets his hour break in the evening, though. Oh my goodness, that’s one happy little guy.

In addition to the helmet messing with his sleep a bit, we have another major sleep issue to deal with at the moment. Adam really needs to be swaddled to sleep well. He hasn’t had his legs swaddled in months, but we swaddle his arms in the Miracle Blanket and it does the trick.

Recently, though, he’s been escaping from it multiple times per night. Then he thinks it’s play time and starts rolling around the crib. Last night was the last straw when he managed to roll over on his belly while swaddled. Not good, so I unwrapped him and put him in a sleep sack instead.

I knew it wasn’t going to go well, and it didn’t. He played and rolled and rolled and played, traveling the length of the crib many times over. Not so cute at 1:00 in the morning. Plus, he can roll back to front in both directions but only one way front to back, so when he manages to wedge himself down at the end of the crib facing the wrong way on his stomach, he’s stuck. I kept hearing thump…thump…thump. That was him bumping his helmet against the crib while trying to roll over against it. Silly goose. I had to go lay him back down more than once.

He finally settled down and went to sleep for a bit, but then he woke up and played some more. He fell asleep again, but then decided to start his day at 5:40 AM. I’m hoping so much that the novelty of being able to roll around in the crib wears off in a few days. I think we’re in for a long weekend, though.

The poor little guy’s system still isn’t taking too well to solids, so we’re taking a break for now. It’s a good thing that darn helmet hasn’t interfered with breastfeeding any. I was really worried that it would, but so far we’re doing ok in that department.

Other than the helmet issue, sleep issue, and sensitive GI system issue, he’s doing well. He’s doing a whole lot better now that I’m on the elimination diet, so much so that he really does seem like a different person. He’s totally itching to be even more mobile than he is now, pivoting around on his stomach and rolling all over the living room floor. I know he cannot wait to crawl. He’s still growing by leaps and bounds and looking more and more like a little boy than a baby every day. Here are a few shots from last week. As you can see, the exersaucer does a pretty good job of distracting him from the helmet.

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• Author : amanda

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