Rocking a baby to sleep is easy. Getting said baby from chair to crib should be an Olympic event. There are about 100 maneuvers that one must make for this seemingly easy task to be successful.
Move arms as to not drop baby
Stand up
Stop and bounce
Step
Bounce
Step
Bounce
Begin to rotate baby
Step
Bounce
Rotate
Bounce
Rotate a little more
Lift baby slightly to clear bed rail
Rotate
Bounce
Lower Baby
Stop
Lower Baby
Lay Baby down
Stop
Remove hands one finger at a time
Release arms
Stand up
Cover baby quickly so they don't feel temperature change
Baby moves!
Crap!
Place hand on Baby's back
Remove hand 1 finger at a time
Step away from crib
Walk across room
Slowly close door
All of this is done while praying the baby stays asleep long enough for you to use the bathroom and blog. However, I hear crying so I must go and repeat the above steps again and add a few more bounces I guess.
2 comments:
I completely understand everything you have just said!!! The only thing that kept me from going crazy was getting a sleep book (Good Night, Sleep Tight) and following the rules (somewhat). I even know where to step in the hallway so it doesn't creak!
Very creative and cute, Paula! A's not like that so much anymore, but definitely was in the beginning. She's STILL not sleeping thru the night. So we have the problem of staying asleep, not getting her there.
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