Sleep advice pls.

[rugbywife]

Background:

DS is 10 weeks old. The past two nights he has gone all night without nursing, essentially 8pm to 6am (he is still asleep now, if he makes it to 6:30 it would actually be 11hrs).

He sleeps double swaddled because he is a PITA. I swaddle him in a SwaddleMe sleep sack and the then swaddle that with a A&A swaddle blanket.

Currently he sleeps in a ARC on a coffee table beside our bed. So I can just roll over and deal with him as needed. I want to transfer him to a pack n play in our room. He is starting to get too big for the bassinet. The pack n play has the infant 'shelf' so I don't have to bend over to far (I have a bad back) and I would rather not use his crib yet (his bedroom has our only access to the back yard - horrible design, nothing we can do about it right now, eventually the kids will share a room but I would rather keep the access open until the end of Sept.).

Ok...there are all the details. Here is the problem:

If he doesn't Houdini out of his swaddle, he is fine. But when he does, he is brutal. He loses his soother and then spends the rest of the night trying to suck on his fist and hitting himself in the face. Two nights ago he stayed swaddled and I didn't even think about him til 4 am when I realized he hadn't woken yet. Last night he had gotten his arms out by 1am and I essentially spent the rest of the night half sleeping/half putting his soother back in so he would just sleep. This would have sucked had he been in the PNP.

I don't even know what I am asking here. Should I try a different swaddle sack? Keep him in the ARC longer because it is just more convenient? Be happy my kid sleeps this long, lol?

I think he is waking up. amen, my boobs hurt.

Sorry this was long.

[bananapancakes]

I'm the last one who should be giving out sleep advice but do you have any Halo Swaddle sacks? They are the only ones that worked for L.

[thebreakfastclub]

I liked the Halo swaddle sack. It has a thick Velcro band that seemed to hold really securely all night.

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:23:46 GMT -5 @mrsbecky said:

I also liked the Halo swaddle. It makes for a nice sleep sack too after you're done swaddling.

Why would the PNP be harder than the ARC? I would just move the coffee table and put the PNP right next to your side of the bed so you can still reach over.

Oh, we have a super low Ikea bed, lol, I would have to get up to see inside a PNP.

Ok, Halo Swaddle it is, sigh...good thing I have two almost brand new SwaddleMe Sleep Sacks. 

[bananapancakes]

rugbywife, I have a couple of Halos you can borrow. If I put them in the mail today, you'd probably get them by Monday.

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:32:10 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

rugbywife, I have a couple of Halos you can borrow. If I put them in the mail today, you'd probably get them by Monday.

What size are they? NB is out of the question now...I feel badly though, shipping here is insane...

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:36:51 GMT -5 @pennypie said:

Halo worked for us. You said you spent half of the night putting his soother back in. Did you re-swaddle him after he broke out?

No, because had I, he would have woken and then I would have had to have fed him most likely. I am keen on encouraging the not eating, lol.

[bananapancakes]

Jul 30, 2015 5:40:48 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

Jul 30, 2015 5:32:10 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

rugbywife, I have a couple of Halos you can borrow. If I put them in the mail today, you'd probably get them by Monday.

What size are they? NB is out of the question now...I feel badly though, shipping here is insane...

I have NB and 3-6. I also have a Merlin that you could try. I don't mind shipping them or we could meet in that "M" city in between our houses this morning if you wanted them for tonight.

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:46:40 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Jul 30, 2015 5:40:48 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

What size are they? NB is out of the question now...I feel badly though, shipping here is insane...

I have NB and 3-6. I also have a Merlin that you could try. I don't mind shipping them or we could meet in that "M" city in between our houses this morning if you wanted them for tonight.

We don't have to do this morning by any means - is there another morning anytime soon that works? Breakfast is on me  Are you done with the math book by chance?

[cricketwife]

I ha e sort of lost my memory of what I 10 week old can do, but I'm wondering if you may want to transition from a swaddle. If you do the regular sleepsack and he gets used to it, he won't wake from being u swaddled and his hands will be free to find the soother if he loses it. I'm sorry. I know it's so hard when you aren't getting sleep.

[bananapancakes]

And when you say ARC, do you mean this thing? I have trouble envisioning it on a coffee table. If you mean something else, this is what I have. L slept in it until 6 months.

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:51:36 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

And when you say ARC, do you mean this thing? I have trouble envisioning it on a coffee table. If you mean something else, this is what I have. L slept in it until 6 months.

Nope, I have a different thing. Is that what you have??? I want that!!!

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:51:36 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

And when you say ARC, do you mean this thing? I have trouble envisioning it on a coffee table. If you mean something else, this is what I have. L slept in it until 6 months.

Oh wait, never mind, it is too tall for our bed. Of course, dammit, I love that thing! No, essentially I just have a bassinet sitting on a coffee table...for some reason I had it confused with an ARC (the name).

[bananapancakes]

Yes! I have it and it's yours! Seriously, we can come down (over?) today if you don't have plans. We're away all weekend for BIL's wedding. I can bring you the ARC, Halos, and the Merlin. I can also return your books.

If today doesn't work, we could try for tomorrow or Sunday on the way to/from the wedding. It's in @vicmo's city so if we take the 407, we'll drive by "M".

[bananapancakes]

This is the one I have.

www.armsreach.com/shop/retired-products/the-original-co-sleeper-bassinet

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 5:57:39 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Yes! I have it and it's yours! Seriously, we can come down (over?) today if you don't have plans. We're away all weekend for BIL's wedding. I can bring you the ARC, Halos, and the Merlin. I can also return your books.

If today doesn't work, we could try for tomorrow or Sunday on the way to/from the wedding. It's in @vicmo's city so if we take the 407, we'll drive by "M".

What time are you going to the wedding tomorrow? I can meet you by the 407 at the Bronte exit.  Don't worry about the ARC, it will be too high for our bed. But the rest would be awesome.

Actually, that exit won't work for you, since you will want to be on the 401 by that point, but I can meet you in M.

[bananapancakes]

When H wakes up, I'll ask him which exit would make the most sense. We'll likely be in that area around 2ish.

Not sure how badly you want the ARC to work but they maybe these would help?

www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/3/bed-risers

[rugbywife]

Jul 30, 2015 6:16:53 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

When H wakes up, I'll ask him which exit would make the most sense. We'll likely be in that area around 2ish.

Not sure how badly you want the ARC to work but they maybe these would help?

www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/3/bed-risers

2 totally works. I will FB you my cell number. The lifters won't work with our bed unfortunately. Thanks so much tho!!

[osulori]

In addition to the Halo swaddle, I liked the Miracle blanket for my little Houdini when he started Hulk smashing out of the Swaddleme.

[Deleted]

Pro Tip if you buy any more light weight Halos--buy the solid colored ones. Some of the prints were a looser fabric and babies can get out of them easier.

I was in a baby store the other day and an employee was telling a lady she should register for the Swaddle Mes and I almost spoke up to say the Halos are way better for actually keeping babies locked down, but I didn't.

[namasteak]

Have you tried the A&A under the swaddleme?

[luv2rn4fun]

Yay for sleep! Personally, I would just KOKO with the exception of using a Halo sleepsack/swaddle. Halo worked for C but SwaddleMe did not (and that was what I registered for, of course!). C had some really encouraging nights right around your DS's age and then it went to shit around 11-11.5 wks...so KOKO until you have to transition him to the PNP or his sleep goes bad (4MW isn't too far away).  Also, I know you want him in your room til end of Sept but I transitioned C to his room around 3 months and we all slept better...his constant noises and movements prevented me from getting any decent sleep and I was likely keeping him up with my movements as well.