One of the four bins in the twins’ cubic storage shelving is dedicated to what I’d consider “miscellaneous”. It’s a potpourri of misfit pieces consisting of parts of toys no longer in the house, pieces waiting to be magically sorted out and placed in their appropriate elsewhere, and some other totally random bits from the completely unknown. One such mystery item is a 10-second recordable sound module that most likely originated from a book or stuff animal and is now a complete orphan whose only place to live is in the misc bin. Being an audio lover, I’ve had some fun with this thing in the past, recording nonsense to entertain the kids for 10 seconds at a time. Some older recordings:
I wish I’d realized this thing’s potential as a sleep aid sooner. While Levi’s been sleeping a lot better lately, he still occasionally wakes up in the middle of the night. Not as inconsolable as he he used to be, he is still adamant as to whom he prefers to be consoled by. (To give you a hint that will increase your chances of guessing correctly from 50% to 100%, it’s not me.) Last weekend during bedtime, I was playing with the recorder and had an idea that might allow Mom to stay in bed next time Levi bugs. Maybe Michelle could put her go-back-to-sleep bit on auto-pilot:
We’re batting 1000% with this so far and it might just lead us all to the other end of a long, dark, sleepless tunnel.