Sleepless in Seattle?
It is Sunday . 01.18 am -Finally the only sound in the house is Jason Mraz, serenading us all. An hour ago it was screaming , non stop, Mummy tearing her heart out as baby thrashed and yelled, nothing to calm him. Daddy despairing as cuddles and hugs were rejected, and Baby screamed and screamed on.
We tried everything, tummy full of milk, new nappy on. Yell , cry, scream, so it persisted.......
As a last resort, Dr Greens, 5 minute interval "controlled crying down"..........
Cry . Cuddle. Cot. Quit.
Repeat every 5 minutes.
An hour later, with nothing left in my arsenal, I had the inspiration to log onto itunes.....
It worked in the womb, it works in the car, an lo and behold!
It works in the middle of the night.
Jason might not work for your baby, it works for mine, as clearly he heard it so often in utero. I suggest you try whatever you played over and over for 9 months!!!
If that fails, then try the maestro for your self, if nothing else the cocktail of heavenly voice, lovely lyrics, and beautiful music will calm your soul, turn the oxygen in your blood to love and float you off to that other place where it transports me and if it doesn't soothe your baby as it soothes mine, it may soothe you!
And now I have to go to bed. Baby was in the land of nod by the end of "Mr Curiosity" if I stay up too long MR A-Z will roll into Scissors Sisters, and sleep will elude once more!
I don't feel like dancing, no sir!
Remember, in the midst of the melt down, life is wonderful!! Or at least it will be once we all get a good nights sleep.
01.31.Bon soir.
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