Thank you, Mack!

We have introduced a new technique for bed-time. It seemed to work well when we would wait five minutes before picking our crying factory from her crib to soothe her, but now we go a step further and are soothing her without picking her up from her crib. Soft words and a nice tummy rub for a couple of minutes lets her know we haven't left her. So far its been five minutes of constant crying, two minutes of trying to soothe her while being bombarded with jet fighter like crying, more of Paige crying alone for five minutes, a couple of minutes of trying to soothe her which feels like having your head a foot away from a running chainsaw, more crying alone and by the third soothing session, she feels good enough to fall asleep. Which brings me to one of my favorite baby purchases.

OK for when we're with her but they definitely shouldn't be worn if you don't have the baby within eye sight. They work great. $4 at Target in the pharmacy. I couldn't find them at first. Surprisingly, they do not stock these great ear plugs next to the gas drops and teething medicine in the baby section. It would make sense to me.

-Mike