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Worse things happen at sea

26 February, 2006
Posted in: Boys

Last night we put the boys to bed at 7.00 and the pair of us alternately and together rocked them and soothed them until 10.20 when we gave up the ghost. Neither of them had slept for more than a few minutes and all four of us were exhausted. We decided to let them cry it out. Michael cried for 20 minutes and then stopped. Daniel cried lustily for a full 45 minutes. At 11.05 all was silent. It is very miserable to listen to your children cry and not to do anything about it. And then, I was cruelly awoken at 11.23 by the sound of howling. I suppose that we will look back at this some day and laugh. Hollowly.
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kristin(Homepage)

on 26 February 2006 at 16:18

oh poor mr and mrs waffle. i ~do~ sympathise. (see, i’m even doing it non-american style.)
xo

Friar Tuckon 26 February 2006 at 23:45

Have you considered an exorcism? Perhaps this kind can only be driven out by prayer.

jackdaltonon 27 February 2006 at 00:59

They say I cried a lot as a child. I only found out years later that I was plied with whiskey and milk on such occasions. All a bit Pavlovian, I?d say… 🙂
belgianwaffleon 27 February 2006 at 13:05
Mike, that is such a lovely idea. I would pretty much pay anything for borrowed sleep.
Kristin, am touched and spelling variation too.
FT, I like that.
JD, is that illegal now? I suppose no one would have to know..

dmtson 28 February 2006 at 18:46

I’d go for whiskey and an exorcism – you may even want to try witchcraft too.

belgianwaffleon 02 March 2006 at 22:04

DMTS, perhaps the nightmare is ending. No howling so far tonight.

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