So in an ironic twist, I checked this out 3 weeks or so ago "just in case". Cora was sleeping great, but I figured this would help us with the next baby.
Well, the last few weeks Cora has had a major sleep regression. My eyeballs are about to fall out. It has finally peaked in the last few days (I REALLY REALLY HOPE), in that she won't nap and wakes up every few hours at night. It's like when she was a newborn, except for the napping in the day part. So, this was good to refresh on.
Much of the book was about colicky babies, which fortunately Cora was not. But the majority of the book emphasized the Cuddle Cure, or the 5 S's: Swaddling, Side/Stomach, Shushing, Swinging, Sucking. If you do these in order and vigorously, it will help enable the baby's calming reflex.
Reading it, I realized that we might have transitioned Cora out of the swaddling too quickly. I never did well at it, because I was so afraid of breaking this teeny tiny baby that I never wrapped her super tightly and she was always able to break out within an hour or two. Perhaps that would help us. She wakes up in a frenzy, which is very unlike her. So perhaps something like a tight swaddle will help us again. She has already woken up twice tonight, so fingers crossed! If she wakes up again, I'm trying it.
(As a side note, they said increased head size can mean increased brain pressure. Soooo, I will keep that in the back of my mind for her next doctor's appointment when they measure her head again.)
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