If Only Babies Had A Button
My beautiful daughter is now just a nudge older than six weeks. (If you count that I would have been induced at 38 weeks if I was with an OB she would be ten weeks and five days old…I’ll stop counting that eventually…)
When she wants something, she cries. I know, baby 101, right? Makes sense. The only thing is, she goes from quiet, sleeping, happy baby to crying like you SET HER ON FIRE in less than a second. Once in a while there’s a warning noise. We call it her wind-up.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some way to say, “Hey baby, I hear you and I’m on my way!” that the baby actually understood? Some button I could press – the belly button would be terribly convenient – that would alert the baby that I’m on my way with whatever she needs and she can be quiet for five minutes.
Basically I want my baby to come equipped with a snooze button.
Because it amazes me over and over that she will be wailing loud enough to make my ears ring, but the SECOND her wet diaper is removed or milk is inserted into her mouth, she drops into complete monk-like silence.
Maybe I should just be grateful that she stops crying as fast as she starts.
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Johnny has a bit of a fuss window before he goes all-out “I’m ON FIRE!” The window has lengthened as he’s gotten older, especially since I hear him wimper and tell him my boob is on the way.
His “chill out” button came in the form of a swing. He’s too big for it now. Suck.
He also chills out when he is in our favorite sling (baby k’tan).
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Nice post. Trust me, these alarms would go at anytime of the day or night in our home. Well, it helps me and my wife appreciate the calm after the storm.