Swaddling fun

One of our challenges so far has been sleeping...Riley has decided that during the day (and sometimes at night) the only place he wants to sleep is ON mommy and daddy. That is doable during the day...but at nighttime we really want him to sleep in his bassinette so Nikki can sleep. She can't sleep if he's in the bed for worrying about him. We have been swaddling him at night to help him sleep...but he is too strong for everything we've tried so far.

He has broken out of regular recieiving blankets, the "soothing blanket" which is just an extra large, thin recieving blanket, and the "swaddle me" wrap. He is too strong and gets his arms free no matter what we do. Grandma brought another option today, called the "snug and tug" swaddle blanket, which we are going to try tonight, and Nikki caved in and bought the "woombie" which some friends have said is the only thing that works for them. We are also going to borrow the "miracle blanket" to see if that can contain him.

I think that the swaddling blanket market is a big money making racket...how is it that a 3 week old infant is strong enough to break out of all of these blankets. We are borrowing several of these wraps and still have spent almost $100 on swaddle blankets...there should be a consensus about what works so new parents don't spend all this needless money. Once we figure out the best solution...we will share it :) In the meantime...we'll keep thinking positive thoughts of Riley sleeping in his bassinette (and for longer than 2 hours at a time!)