Unfortunately, the attention was too much for poor Hannah to bear. Before dessert appeared, she was wide awake and not very happy. Po Po tried to calm her down and introduced her to my cousin’s baby (held by his Po Po) – only 5 months older and perhaps 3 times bigger!
The bigger boy burst into tears, triggering off another baby in the restaurant. Soon we had 3 babies crying simultaneously. Hannah will grow up to be an influential person!
Once again, Hannah saved the day by requesting for another feed. We left just as we came, ‘grandly’, with all eyes on us - a screaming baby and rather frazzled parents.
The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent coaxing the tired little baby into her usual routine of feeding and sleeping, with little success.
Finally at 9pm, in the same manner as she started off her day, Hannah fell into a deep sleep in Daddy’s arms. Everyone in the household heaved a sigh of relief. No more big crowds for Hannah for a long time.
3 comments:
The crying baby setting off another crying baby is one of the most amusing sights of parenthood.
The best scene I've seen is across a restuarant where 2 children didn't know each other but set each other off anyway!
Tell me about it. Try imagining this:
Hour after delivering a baby, you are in pain and extremely exhausted, desperate for some shut-eye after feeding your baby for the nth time. Suddenly your room-mate's baby starts wailing, setting off the baby in the room across the corridor and so on...
Soon, you are in the company of 10-15 wailing babies at 3 am in the morning. Enforced insomnia.
Now, that, is a form of torture.
If you are extremely exhausted, I don't even think 12 crying babies can stop you from sleeping.
Or else, it's a guy thing...! Talking of sleep, I'd best be getting off now - it's getting a bit late.
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