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That is straight up thoughtful of them.

What a beautiful dress :) you look so happy

Thank you Dr. Karp! We were shown The Happiest Baby on the Block during our baby care classes.

The only thing that I was never really able to get the hang of after reading The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep was "drowsy yet awake" -- this never seemed to work for my infant and after five tries would lead to me and the baby crying. Is there something I missed or a trick to "drowsy yet awake" beyond just those three words?

Edit: also waking just a little as I put him down also led to disaster. Those first 3-4 months were really hard, and it seemed like unless I put him down totally asleep, we were all doomed.

We used loud ocean waves, had soothie pacifiers, and used swaddle me swaddles. I think drowsy worked once when he kept the pacifier in his mouth, but in general he rejected the pacifier.

We were able to do drowsy but awake with daytime swing naps, with the motion soothing him