Rocking Babies

About a week ago, a couple month stretch with Hannah came to an end. She stopped screaming when we put her down. Things had been going really well. We'd ask her if she was ready for bed and she'd go running for her bedroom. Then one night that changed, and she started needing to scream herself out. Rather grating when it happened every night at 7:30pm and a couple of times in the middle of the night for good measure.

However, a week ago things mostly returned to an even keel. Strange how these things start and stop. Anyway, Hannah woke up tonight and I ended up rocking her. There are some really great things about rocking babies:

1. you can solve all of their problems by rocking them. It isn't always going to be like that.

2. babies and warm and snuggly. This is especially good when they've just had a bath and they are warm and snuggly and smell good.

3. best of all, it's a wonderful time to pray for them. You can pray for their salvation, and their happiness, and that they would be useful to the Lord. It's a great time to pray without distractions.

Of course, all of this is best when it happens at 9:00pm rather than 2:00am, but if you have babies, please try to remember this no matter what time these precious gifts need a little rocking.