It took us a while, but we finally figured it out!

For some unknown reason, we stopped swaddling Luke after about a month. We had convinced ourselves that he didn't like to be swaddled preferring instead to have the ability to stretch out. So, away went the swaddle and in came the roomier sleep sack. By the week before Thanksgiving, Luke's night time sleeping "pattern" (or lack thereof) resembled that of a one week old instead of a two month old. He was waking up 3, 4, even 5 times a night to feed. I was beyond exhausted. 10 days ago, for no good reason, I decided to try swaddling him again. That very night, Luke only woke up once to feed. Needless to say, we swaddled him again the next night, and the next, and the next.... I am thrilled to say that for the past 10 nights, Luke has slept so much better. During 8 of these 10 nights he only woke once to feed, and during the other 2 he only woke twice. More importantly, his first stretch of sleep is lasting 4.5-5 hours!!! So, it took us a while but we finally figured out what LOTS of parents already know: babies like to be swaddled. (Yeah, we're slow but give us a break. We're sleep deprived!)

Here's Luke in his swaddler:



These next pictures just crack me up. Looks like he's saying, "I didn't do it!!"

"Ok, I did it."

"I'm grounded for how long?!"

Finally, let me tell you about my new favorite thing. It's Luke's smile when he sees his dad. Wow does his face light up when David comes home from work or greets him in the morning. It melts my heart. Luke loves his daddy!