{"id":31,"date":"2006-02-03T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T23:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riley.newdream.net\/?p=31"},"modified":"2006-02-03T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2006-02-04T03:25:15","slug":"a-new-secret-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riley.newdream.net\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"A New Secret Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the beginning, it was easy: shoosh, swaddle, suck, swing. It soon became apparent that Riley wasn’t all that into being tightly swaddled, though, and although sucking on your finger is apparently pretty great, she’s is a little fickle when it comes to the pacifier. Lucky for us, we had a secret weapon: the up-and-down bouncey free-fall maneuver.<\/p>\n
Alas, in these trying times (3-6 weeks is a difficult time for babies), on occasion even the bouncey-bouncey doesn’t quite do the trick. I suppose we’ve been lucky that her most difficult period is typically in the evening (and not, say, the wee hours of the morning), but even so consoling a fussy Riley is a tiring process. Fortunately, we’ve discovered a new secret weapon!<\/p>\n