The Woombie

You know when you find something that leaves you asking yourself, "Where the heck was that when I needed it? My life would have been so much easier!!" That happened to me this morning. I found an amazing, unescapable blanket!!

If you remember, Boston was quite the escape artist from his swaddle blanket. We called him Baby Houdini..

So proud of himself

Although Boston is super happy in the above pictures, that was rarely the case when he was little. He had dairy and soy allergies and horrible reflux that didn't respond to meds that made life (especially sleeping) very uncomfortable for him.

It was rare that he would sleep for more than 25 minutes at a time without waking up screaming in pain. Those 25 minutes each day were heaven for me. It was the only time I could grab something to eat and maybe if I had time, hop in a shower. When he was awake it was filled with screaming (NOT FUSSING.. FULL ON SCREAMING!) and me holding him/ bouncing him/rocking him every waking minute trying to comfort him. I couldn't bring myself to put him down to "work it out" knowing he was crying cuz his tummy was hurting him. The poor kid had a miserable little life that first 15 months until he finally got relief from the reflux and allergies.

Sorry for the tangent.. I guess my point is that the swaddle blanket helped him sleep for 45 minutes instead of 25 minutes which made a HUGE difference for my sanity. However... the little guy quickly learned how to escape it and went back to his 25 minuters. At one point Rob wanted to duct tape him in the blanket ha ha (we never did!)

So here's the amazing product that would have saved me many tears that first year.. The Woombie

I'd like to see him try to get out of this one!!! Knowing Boston he probably would have found a way but this thing is so being purchased for my next kid!!! :)

So that this post isn't all sad stuff let me end by saying that Boston has turned into such a sweet little boy. He has such tender feelings and is very concerned about others well being. When he sees someone crying he wants to comfort them. He is super friendly and makes friends with other kids instantly where ever we are. He's very shy unless I'm close by which I find endearing. He wants nothing more than to make us happy so when he does something wrong and is sent to time out he cries for me the entire time-out because he wants to come give me a hug and say sorry.

Don't get me wrong.. this kid is a big challenge for us at times. He's a runner. Any parent of a runner needs no more explanation ha ha. He is extremely strong headed/stubborn/ unflinchingly rigid when he wants something but what little kid isn't? He loves to feel in control so as long as Rob and I make sure to give him lots of choices he's a pretty happy camper. He definitely has his toddler moments but his sweet moments outweigh them by far. Ilove this little kid more than anything and I think that the first 15 months makes us appreciate him now so much more. Do I want to go through that again? NO WAY! But I think it helped us grow and now our second and third and fourth kids will be a breeze!!! Unless Boston was just a warm up... Uh oh!! ;)