November 3rd, 2009 by Overallgirl

Ben has recently added another skill to his resume which could really come in handy should his gardening work slow down- he has become the master swaddler. Maybe some babies are content to just lie there in their blanket- but Nolan is a little houdini and seems to be able to get out of anything we wrapped him in- then once he got out of it- his little flailing arms scared the heck out of him which was very disturbing to him to say the least. So armed with blanket and safety pins, Ben can now wrap up his son in a snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug cocoon and Nolan can’t get out of it- or at least 65% of the time he can’t- somehow even after our best efforts with safety pins we’ll still see a little fist start peeping out of the blanket….so cute. But Nolan definitely likes to be all snuggly wrapped up- probably a reminder of the crowded yet comforting conditions inside the uterus of his very short mother. There must be other moms out there who struggle with swaddling. You’ve heard of personal chefs and personal assistants right? Well, should his business ever get too slow, Ben may get a job as a personal swaddler.