Yesterday my sister-in-law called because she had read the blog and had a similar situation with one of her kids who wouldn't sleep during the day without being held. She said that a woman told her to get a "warm bag", which is basically just a bag stuffed with rice (or something) that you microwave to warm up and that has enough weight to put on the baby to make them think they are still sleeping on mommy or daddy. Well, surprisingly, we had such a bag lying around the house. (I think it was Kim's from high school.) Anyway, today I decided to give it a whirl. After play time this morning, Alli was getting tired so I kept her in my arms until she fell asleep. Then I heated up this bag and put her in her cradle and then put the bag on top of her belly. She slept for over an hour! After her 12:00 feeding, she fell asleep again so I decided I would put her back in the cradle, with the bag. Here it is 2:30 and she is STILL SLEEPING! This is like a miracle! In fact, I don't know what to do with myself with all this free time without carrying a child around.
Now let's hope she still sleeps a good bit through the night! :)
Thanks for the suggestion Wendy!
2 comments:
What a cool idea!! I'm going to pass along to my sister-in-law for her soon to be son.
Ingenious! Where was that in 1975?
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