This short essay is on putting her new baby to sleep. Dooce can take something which perhaps may be just a normal routine, and turn it into high comedy. Along the lines of Jean Kerr.
For example:
It was hard enough to put her back in her crib two weeks ago when we decided that I shouldn’t bring her back to bed with me after her first nightly feeding. It was my favorite part of the day, getting back into bed with her under my left arm, her soft furry hair brushing my chin, the smell of her head lulling me to sleep. It was beautiful and natural and magical, and then she started grunting and shooting firecrackers out of her ass. Sleeping directly next to the loudest baby on the planet proved nearly impossible.
And then this - She has read a book about babies and sleep patterns. The book reiterates over and over again that babies should not be awake for more than 2 hours at a time.
Until I read this book I couldn’t understand why, after being awake for SIX HOURS, Leta’s head was spinning around and crocodiles were crawling out of her mouth.Posted by sheila