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Microwave problems
Yesterday, at 3:31 am, while attempting to heat a cup of water in the dark as I soothed a crying infant, I managed to enable the child lock feature on my beloved microwave and render it completely inoperable. I didn’t even know there was such a thing. This was easily fixed, but not until the following morning when I could actually look up the unlock procedure. No hot water for me until then.
Today, I got up to feed Monster Hands at 2 am and spent a good hour afterward walking in circles through the house, holding her at just the angle she required, until she finally started falling asleep at 3:25. At 3:31, before I could safely put the baby down, the microwave began beeping frantically.
Apparently, when I child locked the microwave 24 hours ago, I also set a “reminder” to commemorate the occasion on its 24 hour anniversary.
Posted in House and grounds, Monster Hands
As we adjust to the sound of crying
It has become very clear that our conure, Cricket, did us a real service by screaming so much throughout my pregnancy. Monster Hands can sleep through any house and is completely at ease with all the sounds of our household. We, however, are finding the new palette of sounds in the house a big confusing.
This is an actual exchange between myself and Papa Bird:
“Was that the baby crying?”
“No, that was a cat.”
“Are the cats fighting again?”
“No, that was David Bowie.”
Posted in Monster Hands, People
In the beginning…
In February of 2013, following 41 hours of induced labor, a creature we will call Monster Hands was born. This blog begins with her arrival.
At birth, Monster Hands was 5 lbs, 9 oz, and 18.5 inches of screaming glory. She came into the world against her will, having been due on January 26th and shown no signs of coming out on her own.
The world Monster Hands entered contained four grandparents, one great grandparent, two rabbits, one dog, three cats, three chickens, a parrot, and two housemates.
With a librarian for a mother, a mad scientist for a father, and in the basement a mathematician and a wool-spinning hyontherapist, her life was fairly assured to contain interesting things.
Posted in Monster Hands, People