Room with a view
"Are you ready to go to bed?"
"Uh, huh. You?"
"Yep."
"Mmmkay."
Daniel and I stand at the foot of our bed, staring at a tiny black and white television screen. We are both in our pajamas. It is late and Dillon is asleep. The problem is that he is sleeping in his own room, in his crib for the first time. Thanks to technology, and my sister, we have a video monitor that enables us to watch him.
"Do you think we can hear him?"
"Of course. See the lighted display that shows how much noise he is making?"
"Well... go in there and whisper, then come back in here and I will tell you what you said."
"No."
"Okay. Well, turn the volume up."
The volume on the little monitor is so loud that it sounds like a tsunami at the foot of our bed.
"Well, I guess we better go to bed."
"Yep."
Neither one of us move for a long time. By the next morning, Dillon is happy and well rested. Daniel and I peer at each other through red-rimmed eyes and say "Let's move that monitor into the living room. It is too hard to watch while we are sleeping."
"Uh, huh. You?"
"Yep."
"Mmmkay."
Daniel and I stand at the foot of our bed, staring at a tiny black and white television screen. We are both in our pajamas. It is late and Dillon is asleep. The problem is that he is sleeping in his own room, in his crib for the first time. Thanks to technology, and my sister, we have a video monitor that enables us to watch him.
"Do you think we can hear him?"
"Of course. See the lighted display that shows how much noise he is making?"
"Well... go in there and whisper, then come back in here and I will tell you what you said."
"No."
"Okay. Well, turn the volume up."
The volume on the little monitor is so loud that it sounds like a tsunami at the foot of our bed.
"Well, I guess we better go to bed."
"Yep."
Neither one of us move for a long time. By the next morning, Dillon is happy and well rested. Daniel and I peer at each other through red-rimmed eyes and say "Let's move that monitor into the living room. It is too hard to watch while we are sleeping."
posted by Amanda
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9:47 AM
6 Comments:
Those monitors are soo loud! But after a while, you won't be able to go to sleep without the noise!
hahaha...phase I of parental insanity complete...
amanda! this is such a cute story! i would totally buy one of those, even without a child! just to watch what was happening on my balcony, or out in the street, or anywhere! so fun.
it is really cool. like a nanny cam. and the quality is really good, so i can even do that neurotic breathing-check thing from another room!
cnxlyn: cannot stop lying!
Kinda hard to sleep with one eye open huh?
lol.
I thought this was so funny! Now that we are on number 4 I just sleep! Oh how I remember when Jake our first was born and it was exactly what you described!
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