After showing signs that she was officially growing out of the phase, we began transitioning Prater Ellis into sleeping without being swaddled this week. The first night went wonderfully & she slept as usual; the second night, not so much. She did not want to be put in to her crib & would hold on to me with everything in her little 14.10 pound body... it was awful. Experts say that it usually takes a baby 3 nights to make this transition. On the third night, I wondered if she was scared, swaddles bring comfort to sleeping babies so I thought she may need a new comfort for sleeping.
Enter my Booboo. Booboo is a large stuffed animal that Daddy bought for me before I was born. I wondered if his size would remind her of being held & comforted so we put him in her crib - that baby slept from 8:00 until 9:00 this morning. Hallelujah!
I was practically giddy that Booboo helped my sweet Prater. I slept with Booboo from the night I came home from the hospital until I married Aaron (I actually tried to sleep with him after we were married, but Aaron insisted it was time for me to grow up). He has been on every vacation my family went on as a child, he's stayed with me in the hospital, he's been restuffed 4 times by my Aunt Jenny, he's been cried & vomited on... basically, he is my childhood.
I seriously hope that she becomes as obsessed with him as I am... I am already looking forward to taking him along with us as we travel to Georgia for Aaron's birthday in a few months. It'll be his second time to visit Babyland General!
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