unswaddled

Here in this lodge in Northern California I was completely out of the Machine, and finding out what it was like to be unswaddled.

World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

Here in this lodge in Northern California I was completely out of the Machine, and finding out what it was like to be unswaddled.

World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

He tells his mother, “I felt that humanity existed, and that it existed without clothes … Had I been strong, I would have torn off every garment I had, and gone out into the outer air unswaddled.”

World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

He tells his mother, “I felt that humanity existed, and that it existed without clothes … Had I been strong, I would have torn off every garment I had, and gone out into the outer air unswaddled.”

World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

It only takes one well-aimed kick to the boob from a tiny unswaddled foot to drain all of the charm out of co-sleeping.

Of Socrates and sleep | Her Bad Mother 2006

There is not quite enough mattress real estate on a queen-sized bed for two adults and one unswaddled, off-the-growth-chart baby who insists upon practicing her floor routines while sleeping.

Of Socrates and sleep | Her Bad Mother 2006

Many feminist readers expressed solidarity with their burka-clad sisters: While not necessarily "agreeing" with laws that "force" women to swaddle themselves in black wool, they sympathized with a woman's desire to do so "by choice," given the oppression Western women are subject to walking around unswaddled:

Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Is Western Culture More Sexually Oppressive Than The Burka? 2008

So it was that she was relocated into bed with her Bad Parents, where she slept soundly – unswaddled but firmly cuddled – for the rest of the night.

Of Socrates and sleep | Her Bad Mother 2006

Baby is, at this very moment, sleeping unswaddled.

A booby blog | Her Bad Mother 2006

This was cause for hope: Baby can sleep unswaddled!

Because really, it’s such an INTERESTING subject… | Her Bad Mother 2006