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<\/p>\n’Tis true what you have heard: No longer am I swaddled. An era has ended. I’ve traded in my “swaddling”:\/news\/2006\/baby-houdini\/ blankets for the wide-open expanse of the Sleep Sack. “Freedom”:\/news\/2006\/power-to-the-people\/ never felt so good. <\/p>\n
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p{color:gray}. Photo: How Barney Bear got into my Sleep Sack, I’ll never know.<\/p>\n
As much as I have always loved the feeling of being “wrapped up tight”:\/news\/2006\/pleased-to-meetcha\/, I have finally grown weary of “restraint”:\/news\/2006\/worried-mind\/. I long to flail around in my crib, roll with abandon, and practice my crawling while pretending to sleep. My “cocoon”:\/news\/2006\/luv-2-b-swaddled\/ just grew a little too close; it was time for me to spread my wings and “fly”:\/news\/2006\/unstable\/. My transition to free-floating sleep has been a painless one, much to my parents’ surprise. The time was ripe, and they picked it wisely.<\/p>\n
Who knew that already by eight-and-a-half months I would have known so many bittersweet pleasures? I see my “Blue Ball”:\/news\/2006\/bouncing-baby-boyd\/ in the basement coated thinly with dust. My “kitchen-sink baths”:\/news\/2006\/ill-have-the-duck\/ are but a distant memory. And now, my “swaddles”:\/news\/2006\/happy-napper\/ — O my “swaddles”:\/news\/2006\/tongue-twister\/! Our time together was destined to end, but I’ll always remember fondly the snug sleeps of my youth. Perhaps these “cherished scraps of cloth”:\/news\/2006\/scalloped-ears\/ and I will meet again, in a quilt or knee patch? Or wrapping up a wee sibling one day? Until then, rest easy, my friends. Relax thy fibers and relish thy laundering sabbath. You have served me well, and I will never forget our months of slumbering bliss.<\/p>\n
bq. To honor the Swaddled Era, here’s a further guide to other classic shots of me all wrapped up (in addition to the many linked above):
\n“Lucy gets home”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/lucy-gets-home\/
\n“One week after delivery”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/one-week-after-delivery\/
\n“Irresistability”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/irresistability\/
\n“Road warrior”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/road-warrior\/
\n“Babies are aliens”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/babies-are-aliens\/
\n“Jinx”:http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/jinx\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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