The Magic Shush

If baby shushing were an Olympic sport, I think I could maybe medal in it.

I'm learning a LOT about babies since the bambino was born. One of the things I've learned: babies like white noise. They find it soothing and vaguely reminiscent of the various sounds they heard in the womb (mother's heart beating, lungs breathing, food digesting, blood coursing through veins, etc).

If you want to calm a cranky baby down, get up by their ear and "shhhhhhhhhhh" as loud and long as possible.

You see this in the video at the hospital, and you think "It can't possibly be that easy." But it works. Surprisingly quickly.

So the bambino's been having a rough couple of days and has been really cranky as a result. Other engagements kept me from this fun yesterday, but I spent most of today down visiting and making a batch of Ciccone sauce for dinner.

I was able to shush bambino down not once, but twice, while I was there. And I've apparently already mastered the art of making shush-like noise while I'm taking in a deep breath for the next shush.

That's right: I'm a circular-breathing baby whisperer.

I think I ought to add this mad new skill to my resume. ;)

Breen would be happy if I just made a recording of it before I move!