The Off Button

So, I'm sure every mother out there wishes their kid had an off button. My niece, Layla Grace, actually does have one. Lately she's been a fuss-budget. Nothing would make her stop crying. I mean, all-out screaming, and she wasn't hungry -- she had just eaten. So, after a while, I remembered how much she likes the water running and having her hair washed. So I decided to see if the sound is what she likes so much. So I turned on the faucet, and lo and behold! She stopped crying. Not only that, but she started drifting in and out of sleep. I tried turning the water down, so it wasn't on so high, and she started crying again. I turned it back up, and within a few seconds she was no longer crying.

So I was like, we need to figure out a way to get this sound to play, without running the water. Then I remembered that Rebekah's old alarm clock has different nature sounds on it, and it happens to have the sound of waves crashing against the shore. So I grabbed Rebekah's alarm clock from upstairs, set it up downstairs, and turned it up so it was as loud as the faucet, maybe louder. It took a bit longer than with the faucet, but still, less than, or maybe 30 seconds later, Layla was quiet again. In fact, her eyelids began to drift shut, and a couple minutes later she was out. Mom and Dad and I kept cracking up.

Rebekah should be mighty grateful her daughter has such a consistant off switch.