So I’m really trying to figure out ways to get more enthused about writing and doing such in a more timely manner, You see I started to do better over the summer but now with school opening my wife and I are back to being full-time babysitters for our granddaughter Emma. Emma is our fourth grandchild, She is the daughter of our daughter Elizabeth and her husband Marcus, Elizabeth is a school psychologist in a school district about 45 minutes north of her home. Consequently, we babysit from 7:00 in the morning to around 4:30, which is a long day for us! Anyway when we get home and I’m finished with dinner I’m pretty wiped out and don’t feel like writing. Anywa,y I’m going to try and write more posts wrapped around my day. Hopefully, this is the first of many.
How I Rock Emma to Sleep
On a typical day Emma takes a two hour nap anywhere from 11:00 am to 12 noon. Before then I usually take her for a walk around her neighborhood. We go anywhere from one to two miles. We hope that she stays awake during the walk and then goes to sleep shortly thereafter. The other day she did fall asleep on the walk. So today I kept an eye on her head and every time it started to go down, like she was going to go to sleep, I spoke to her. and her head would pop up! We actually did make the full mile luckily, And she is now asleep!
Now to go to sleep I rock her. Mostly standing up but then transition to a rocking chair. I also sing to her (I think she falls asleep so I’ll stop!) First up is on of my all-time favorite songs Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles”. I start by swaying back and forth going “boom.boom, boom” to get the beat going. At a young age she would say “boom.boom” when she was tired! . After “Mr. Bojangles” if she’s still awake I transition to some Aztec-Two Step and their song “Baking” and finally if she’s STILL awake(like she was today!). I sing Harry Chapin’s “Taxi”
Anyway, on Monday it took all there way to “Taxi” before she gave up and went to sleep!
Here’s A playlist of her songs! I guess someday I’ll tell her I rocked he’d to a song about a New Orleabns street dancer in a drunk tank! LOL!
Since I can’t take a picture of Emma while I’m rocking her. Here is one Grammie took of Emma after a nap when Granddad is ready for one!
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