Magic Sleep Suit

So one of the ladies in my mom's group posted that she'd bought one of these sleep suits. She'd read about it on a blog (which she also posted and which I also read). She said it was working great, so I searched Craigslist and found one for $20. I picked it up yesterday and washed it this morning.

We have the pink one.

First off, the sucker takes a long time to dry! It's a layer of fleece on the outside, then some sort of foam, then a cotton layer inside. The fleece dried really quickly (was totally dry when I took it out of the dryer), but the cotton was still very wet. I turned it inside-out and hung it to dry for most of today.

I have the 6-9 month suit. Seemed like a good idea since Sterling is almost 6 months (and that was the one that the person on Craigslist had)... but the lower weight limit for the suit is 18lbs. Sterling is swimming in it. Her little feet don't poke out the bottom of the leg holes. At least she'll be able to wear it for a while.

Sterling was cranky this evening due to lack of sleep. I nursed her to sleep, then tried to pop her off the boob, and she woke up. I nursed her to sleep again, tried to pop her off, and she woke up again. I decided that I might as well give the sleep suit a try. She was exhausted, could hardly hold her eyes open, but refused to go to sleep. I stuck her in the suit and gave her the new wubbanub giraffe pacifier that came in the mail yesterday. She suck-suck-sucked and fell right to sleep. After a few minutes, she woke up because she'd lost her binky. I stuck it back in, she suck-suck-sucked, and fell asleep again.

I am a wubbanub giraffe pacifier. Aren't I cute?

She was in bed by 9 and has been asleep since the second round of suck-suck-suck-sleeping. I'm calling it a success so far. Typically, she wakes up about ever 45 minutes.

She looks really cute in her new suit. It makes her look like Maggie Simpson in her snowsuit. I'll try to take a picture tomorrow when it's lighter in the bedroom.