1 Mother 2 Another

Under the “Who Knew?” category –

After complaining about Madeleine’s all-day crying jags to my girlfriend Renee, I learned yet another fussy baby trick.  Seems that sometimes fussiness is just from sensory overload, and oddly enough white noise somehow helps press a “reset” button on baby.  Renee discovered the sound of the hairdryer or vacuum worked wonders with her son Eli, and since her husband’s a record producer with an in-home studio, he made a CD of the noise for them to play.  Next time Maddie started up and couldn’t stop, we went into a dark bathroom and ran the hairdryer.  It worked like a charm, and she even fell asleep.  The running faucet worked just as well, but I think I’ll use the CD rather than run up a high utilities bill!  Girlfriend knowledge strikes again.