New Parent: Trials & Tribulations of the First Born

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Stooping to Subterfuge

At some point in the past month or so Penny evolved from infant to sentient being. She’s developing a personality and habits and is grabbing and attempting to eat anything within a 12-inch perimeter. She’s particularly good at independent play, something we promote, mostly because we’re too tired to entertain her all the time.

We’re all for teaching her to develop and use her imagination. We’ve even invented a new character to help her along the way, the Magic Toy Fairy.

It works this way – Penny starts fussing a bit, maybe a half hour or so before we want her to wake up. Her tone clearly indicates that she isn’t uncomfortable, just bored. What is a new parent to do? Sleep is a commodity, so do we give up that precious half hour? Penny is perfectly happy to kick around and play without our attention, but once eye contact is made, its time to pick her up. Enter the Magic Toy Fairy.

The designated new parent crawls into her room, making sure to remain obscured by the crib bumper, picks up one of her toys, and dumps it over the edge of the crib without being seen. This is followed by a similar, careful exit, and presto, back to blissful sleep for half an hour, while she plays with the toy.

We wonder what Penny thinks of all this, though. I mean, toys magically appearing from the heavens, dropping into the crib? How cool is that? The Magic Toy Fairy strikes again.




What would you like the toy fairy to bring to you?
A bottle of 1990 Château Margaux
Two extra hours of sleep
1966 Pontiac GTO
A pair of Jimmy Choos
Pancakes...every day
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3 Comments:

Blogger Esther said...

My mother saw the pictures and said, "They should lower the crib soon, she's going to start pulling up on the sides soon." I love these pictures!! I can't wait until I get to see my little cousin in person! :-D

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