Halo Sleep Sack, Friend or Foe?

A wise parent once warned me not to have a child any time soon because I would never get to sleep in again.

Sleep? I don't need sleep! I was 19, I could stay up until 2am and still get up to for work by 10! I didn't need sleep!

I am now that same wise parent, cautioning the childless to enjoy sleep just a little longer

It's funny to me, before I had kids I could have cared less what time I went to bed. Midnight was early! The first week home with your newborn? All you want to do is get to bed by 10, PLEASE cute little baby close your eyes so that I don't have to see Jay Leno's chin tonight.

Don't even get me started on what its like to literally fight for sleep. My husband and I had many a sleepy eyed squabble over who had to lose an hour tonight or who had to get up at 6am to start the day.

Then we went out and bought this


Oh what a blessing, a swaddle Houdini can't escape from. The day we put this on our daughter she instantly starting sleep through the night. Our little 2 month old now slept from 7:30pm to 7:30am! 12 solid hours of bliss in our house, Chris and I would run and check on her at 3 am and do a little happy dance back to bed because she wasn't going to be getting up!

Fast forward 3 months later, Chris and I are used to the newborn phase being over. We are back to sleeping well and loving every second of it. Then I started to think..at what age did Simon stop being swaddled? It was much sooner than this! Panic sets in, have I started a bad habit with her? Is she TOO used to being swaddled? What if I have to wrap her up like a burrito until preschool?

I decided Sunday night that this was it! Cold turkey no more swaddle.

Lets just say we are on day 4 and finally it seems she might be used to have her hands free. Lots of tears and fighting and we are finally here. (The tears were more mine and the fighting more Chris telling me I am nuts to ruin our amazing sleep track record)

Here is Kendall enjoying her morning nap


So at what age do I take her out of the sack totally? I don't know, but after these last 4 days I am going to say that I am fine putting her in it for the next 5 years! I wont tell her friends, it can be our little secret!