The plan is to keep Hugh so use to ambient noise that he can sleep anywhere. Door clicking as we leave the room, no problem. Footsteps down the stairs, not a stir. Roaring laughter while watching The Office or screaming when Penn State scores a touchdown, sound asleep. Theory always has a lot of potential, right? : ) A big test was our first morning at church today. Hugh slept through all of Pastor Gary's sermon, and while that isn't a telling feat on its own, he also slept through all the music which was a lot louder. (I'll avoid any jokes suggesting that this behavior is genetic, or that it skips a generation, Gramps : )
A larger test probably occurred the night before during a goodbye party for a friend moving down to Georgia. Football was on, food was being eaten and the conversations were all over the place. Some people might have described the words as "colorful language." If color was an accurate measure, we would have needed a kaleidoscope or spectrometer to classify certain phrases! Hugh slept through everything though (thank goodness!), and the chance of him remembering or understanding anything is about as likely as a certain 6'4" guy thinking he could be Notre Dame's leprechaun just because he has red hair.
It was just that day I found out babies can only see around 8"-12" and everything else is nothing. Scent might be working but even hearing isn't great at this point. So whatever was going on that night may not have mattered to Hugh, though at some point it might. A few months and years down the road I'm hoping to continue seeing my friends and doubt certain conversions will reflect the Cleavers, but what then? Ear plugs crossed my mind, but TV and movies and every place will have sounds I deem inappropriate and sights my kid should not see. Every parent runs into it a some point I suppose, and maybe I have a little extra time to prepare. Can't shield a child from everything, and I hope he'll be willing to take my advice - and maybe, just maybe, if I do things right he'll still sleep right through it.
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aww, glad to hear Hugh was in church. I bet there was a swarm of people wanting to see the handsome little guy! oh, we miss the four of you!!!
ReplyDeletecan I make a joke about the genetic relevance of your child sleeping through church? Wasn't it you who was trying at one point to train yourself to sleep without your head bobbing forward so that no one would know you were asleep in public places???
ReplyDeleteWell Beckeye, I may or may not have mastered that feat, and from any row behind me you'll never know!
ReplyDeleteHugh could never pull it off. Weak neck muscles.