Engineering Dad meets Smarty Pants
Written by beeber on April 22, 2006 – 8:21 am -Being an engineer, dad tries to employ technology in every way he can. This has been very helpful pre-anZel…making DVDs and CD, charting contractions and documenting (blogs) as well as keeping friends and family informed via the web.
The real challenge of dad’s patience and limitless gadgetries came to a stall two nights ago when anZel refused to sleep in his crib (something which dad insisted on pre-anZel) or by himself in our bed (something which dad refused pre-anZel). Dad tried to trick the little one to sleep at night by placing him in the kitchen with the vent on. It worked in the morning but not at night. No problem. Dad recorded the vent noise, burned a CD, placed anZel in his crib and played the vent noise. VIOLA! But anZel knew better. He started with a little squeak and let out cries that pierced dad’s ears and racked up his engineering brain. Dad gave in by walking the hall. And finally, dad gave in and placed anZel on his chest and got five (1st night) and three (2nd night) hours of sleep. That’s what dad has been doing for the past two nights. Forget about technology, nothing beats the cry of a child in the middle of the night!
On another note, I think dad has been secretly thinking about adopting Macsoul2 as his child instead.
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