Saturday, February 10, 2007

Dream Weaver

I know that the traditional dream weaver looks something like this:

This however is what a dream weaver looks like in the Patterson house:

This is the cadillac of all dream weavers and last night, it allowed all of us deep dreams. Last night Gwyneth slept so well that Lesley had to check on her at 3AM and make sure she was okay, because she went in the swing shortly after 10PM and never made a peep since. Breath was coming out of her nose, but in the process being checked, she stirred a bit, so Lesley decided to change and feed her. Then she went back into the swing after she refused to easily be put down in her crib, but then didn't wake up until 8AM. GOOD MORNING!

It worked so well, we are now faced with a dilemma. Do we make ourselves stay up with her, rocking, bouncing and patting her for up to an hour to put her to sleep, or do we allow a machine to do it for us and let her sleep in it for the rest of the night? Is Gwyneth already at the age where she can become dependent upon a swing? Who knows. Tonight we'll try feeding her, immediately putting her in the swing and when sweet sleep rests upon her, we'll gently try a transfer to the crib and see what happens.

They should make these things for adults and perhaps we'd all be instantly de-stressed and sleeping well. I'd bet it could work as well as Lunesta (or other sleep medications) with none of the side effects.

1 comment:

Team Davis said...

So how has the nanny swing been?