If you're a bird, I'm a bird

So Lincoln started outgrowing his newborn swaddles. His legs were bent in the bottom part so I decided to research when we should stop swaddling him. Dr. Sears said 3-4 months is a good time to stop. He said that babies in other cultures are swaddled a lot longer and end up with ball and joint problems. Lincoln was 3-months old that day so I suggested we try to ween him that night. We had a sleep sack ready that I purchased at reBlossom. I was going to give it to him for Christmas (and I am still going to wrap it up). Joe was pumping Lincoln up that night as he was dressing him telling him how awesome he is going to sleep in his new sleep sack. Joe even posed him for a "3-month old picture". I typically put Lincoln to bed each night. I laid him down like I normally do and gave him his pacifier and turned on his lullabies, the humidifier, the monitor, and night light. I don't even have to rock him. Instead of his eyes blinking slowly shut as they normally do in his swad...

So we were told by three people to watch The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD- our dear friend, Liz (who doesn't have children), one of Joe's friends that has a little boy, and our pediatrician. Instead of purchasing a copy, I found it at the library so Joe and I popped it in that night. Lincoln had been having crying fits, just in the evenings. We had people tell us it was colic, gas, or the "bewitching hour." As the DVD was on, Lincoln started crying so Joe immediately starting doing what the guy said. Lincoln stopped crying immediately and Joe laid him down in his crib. We continued watching the entire DVD without interruption. So The Happiest Baby on the Block is made up of the 5 S's. 1) Swaddle 2) Side-lying 3) Shushing 4) Sucking 5) Swinging They said there should be a 6th S, Sleeping, because once you do these things, babies start sleeping longer and so do you! It is true, Lincoln started sleeping 4 hours at a time through the night after we st...