Swaddled and Snug

The secret to making this little boy happy is simply to swaddle him up tight and snug. If he is ever fussy, I will lay out a blanket and fold the corner down. As soon as I place him on the blanket and begin the swaddling process, he is full of little grins and becomes suddenly content. He loves these big, cotton blankets. He loves to touch them, and grab at them. When he is upset, sometimes I will just put one on his tummy and he will grab at it and feel it with his little hands and bring it up to touch his face and then he is happy once again. When he was just a month old, I was nursing him and noticed all of this "finger jam" (ya know, like toe jam, but between the fingers). He had played with his blanket so much that he had developed finger jam. It took me a while to peel all of the fuzzies out from between his fingers and every wrinkle on his little hands, especially when all he wanted to do was clench his little fists. I bet I could have built a mountain with all of the lint I acquired. Moral of the story, swaddled equals happy.