It's a Miracle

Roark has outgrown his bassinet so we are now transitioning him to his crib...this endeavor brings much sadness and worry.

Sadness because he is growing up and pretty soon he will be too big for me to hold and rock to sleep.

Worry because he doesn't seem to like his crib. Every time we tried to put him in his crib he started crying in 5 minutes...seriously we timed it. However, this week with his first set of shots, he actually slept for about 1/2 hour. So I was worried that when we tried to put him down for the night we would have to let him cry it out (which is hard to do because it sounds so awful to hear a baby cry), or we would be up every 1/2 hour, or we would have to find some crazy remedy to get him to sleep in his crib.

Big shock -  I'm one of those mom's that goes to the doctors with a list of questions (luckily I broke myself of the habit of calling the doctor's office weekly)... at his appointment this past week I asked the doctor for some recommendations to make the transition easier (because I didn't want Roark to resent me and take me to the Dr. Phil show to tell me what a bad mom I was - abandoning him in his crib when he was two months old). The doctor had some decent recommendations, but I still was nervous.

So Friday night was going to be the first night we were going to try getting him to sleep in his crib. Earlier that day my mom and I went shopping to find as many sleep swaddles for gigantic babies as possible, but then I remembered a friend had given me the Miracle Blanket. I had never used it before but I was prepared to try anything.

As our usual ritual at night, we gave Roark his bottle and by 9:15 he was passed out...we wrapped him in the Miracle Blanket and put him in his crib.  Slowly we walked out of his room and waited for him to cry. The cry didn't come until 2am. I was ecstatic. So I changed him, fed him, and rocked him back to sleep, anticipating he would cry as soon as I put him down in his crib. The cry didn't come until 6:30. The Miracle Blanket worked a miracle on that first night (that is a picture of him when I went to get him up).

Saturday night I had that same nervous knot in my stomach...will the Miracle Blanket work again? Sho'enough it sure did.

Thank you Miracle Blanket. Roark might resent me later in life, but I don't think it will be because of the transition to his crib.