If I could look back at my biggest mistakes of parenting from my first two children it would be swaddling. I stopped after the first week. My reason for doing so? I didn’t have a big enough receiving blanket. Those things never seem to get the job done. Especially if you have a long baby! My babies tend to have the body type of gumby. Long and lanky with crooked heads. Hey you try looking alright after living inside total darkness for months. If anyone tried to do this after they were born we would put them in a home. With baby Charlotte I was fully prepared to a fussy baby, hey, I had two in the past. This time I made sure to use my miracle blanket and follow through with swaddling. In the past, after I swaddled, I would loosen them up when the became too fussy. Rookie mistake. You swaddle to help calm them and to keep them calm. Many babies startle themselves away. Hence hold their arms at their sides like a baby straight jacket. Here we are six months later and my baby is sleeping light years better than her old siblings. If she is able to sleep better than Aiden and Madeleine there is no telling what else she will be able to accomplish; cleaning her room, speaking in an indoor voice, eating her dinner without complaining, endless possibilities.