Rested.

So after all the tears about Leif's lack of sleep he did something amazing - he slept for 4.5 hours straight last night. He fell asleep at 9:30 and didn't wake till 2:00 AM to eat. And then he went straight back to sleep till 4:00. A quick diaper change, back in bed till 7:00. This morning I feel like a supermodel.

We owe this small miracle to...swaddling. We had thrown this out many weeks back because it just didn't do anything. But last night as Leif was snuggled in to try and drift off to sleep next to me he kept wacking himself in the eyes with his little fists. He has been chewing on them lately, and he just loves to try and shove them in his ears and eyes and mouth and nose. My very tiny lightbulb went off and I decided to swaddle him.

Swaddling feels cruel. Your little baby screams and suffers while you hold his arms straight and tie them down. But when he was snoring 5 minutes later I didn't feel so evil.

Today everything is new and exciting.