Tonight was looking to be no different. The older kids' 8pm bedtime came around. They fell asleep one after another. The house was quiet except for the soft singing coming from the CD player in the baby's room. Out of nowhere, the baby began shrieking! Lovely. This is how it always happens. I expected to be up rocking her for the next couple of hours, just like I normally am. She would rub her eyes, because despite her insistence on staying up, she was exhausted. Still, she would refuse to sleep.
As I picked her up and turned, the new diffuser that came last month caught my eye. It was in her room because we had used it to not long before. A thought crossed my mind. All of my children have oils I use specifically for helping them to relax. The baby's oil has been Gentle Baby, but somehow that bottle went missing, and I can't order more right now. What about Lavender, though? I used to use that for her. I'm not sure when I switched to Gentle Baby, but maybe...
Off I marched to get the water and oil I needed. I turned on the diffuser, and the baby and I sat in the rocking chair. I held her close and sang the first verse of Amazing Grace while the Lavender filled the room and she rubbed her sleepy eyes. Somewhere during the second verse, her little eyes finally got too heavy. It was only 8:30pm! This doesn't happen! An hour later, here I sit in awe and silence. Why haven't I been doing this nightly?
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