Nobody warns you that the hardest hours are the ones between midnight and five, and that you will be doing them mostly alone in the dark. I could not make her sleep longer. What I could do was make those hours easier on me. These five things are what I set up within arm’s reach of the glider, and they are the reason I stopped dreading 2am.
The Ollie Swaddle
She fought every blanket swaddle I tried and got out of all of them by 1am. This one has give in it, so she could move without breaking free, and the startle reflex stopped waking her. It is the single thing I would buy again first.
Yogasleep Dohm White Noise Machine
A real fan inside instead of a looping track, and you can hear the difference. No sudden restart, nothing that sounds digital. It has run every single night since we brought her home.
G Keni Nursery Night Light
Dim enough for a night feed without waking either of us all the way up. It is a touch lamp and it is portable, so it comes to the changing table and back. Overhead lights at 3am are a mistake you only make once.
Yoofoss Muslin Burp Cloths, 10 Pack
Ten of them, which is the right number, because the correct number of clean burp cloths is always more than you have. Organic cotton, and they get softer every wash instead of stiffer.
Little Grape Land Nursing Pillow
Extra firm is the part that matters. The soft one I had first collapsed under her and I ended up hunched over anyway, which is how your shoulders end up wrecked. This one holds her at the right height so I can sit back.
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