Bye-Bye Swaddling!

I have been struggling in my mind for the last month about how to start working with Josiah to get him to fall asleep on his own while he's still swaddled.  I just couldn't bear leaving him to cry when he couldn't even get to his hands to suck his thumb or anything.  So I kept delaying and kept delaying (although seriously... he's only 4 1/2 months... why was I so anxious?!)  Anyway... last night he woke up like 4 times in a row not long after we put him to bed, so I finally just unwrapped him and he fell right asleep!  He woke up about 3 hours later and after I fed him, I put him in a sleep-sack and laid him back down.  No problem!  And all day for naps, we've just done the sleep-sack instead of the miracle blanket so he still feels snug, but his arms are free... and he's done GREAT!!  Naps have been a little short today, but that's to be expected.  I can't explain what a HUGE relief this is to me... we will still work more on getting him to fall asleep on his own and go longer at night without feedings in the next few months, but I really didn't want to do any of that while he was swaddled, and I thought he'd freak out if we didn't swaddle him.  He surprised me!