maybe every child is like this at 2 months old. maybe they all sleep the same. i remember my nephew alex sleeping in a similar way, but i don't think that they all do. some like to be on their sides. some like to be on the stomachs (but that, we know, is a big no-no). some like to be swaddled. in fact, we tried swaddling grace a few times for bed. any loosely swaddled position quickly got kicked out of and her arms free. so i used the new fancy swaddle blankets, that use velcro and are nearly impossible to escape. i got the sense she didn't like it, at least not for more than a couple of hours. a couple of hours is not a night of sleep for me. so we began working on new routines.
i am happy to say that last night was the second night that she slept the whole night. 9:45 (a little later than normal because our bath got delayed) to 6:30. okay, i will confess that she stirred at 1:15. but all she needed was the soothie back in her mouth and she was good to go! no getting up. no feeding. back to sleep for another several hours.
what i have learned is that more often than not grace needs to be in her favorite sleep position, or something close to it. arms up, legs spread. her head typically to the right. the carseat, as you will see, is a different story. it is pretty impossible, or at least very uncomfortable, to get her desired sleep position. so she has a position all its own for the car. head still to the side. legs still spread (as forced by the buckles). but hands down by her side and under her butt.
now, there is an added dimension. you will see in the second to last photo, she likes to hold (pull) her hair with her left hand. i am starting to wonder if she didn't do that in utero. maybe that's why some of the hair on that side of the head not only curls, but sticks up and does what it wants. because it has been pulled on for months!
here she is, our sleeping beauty...
