Hello bloggers. It's been eleven hours since I received my baby, and I've come to the conclusion that I must have an easy one. When the baby cries (randomly from 30 minutes to 4 hours since it last cried) the parent must put a key (attached to their wrist) into the back of the baby. The baby will then stop crying. However you must keep the key in for a random amount of time, between 2 minutes and 2 hours (though again, the 2-hour thing might be a joke).
So far, my baby has cried 3 times, once at lunch, which was fairly easy, ten minutes of holding the key in. At Drama, it needed about twenty minutes, and I had it lain down with my hand under it, because it wasn't heavy enough to cut the circulation, since it's about the size and weight of a newborn. The last time started an hour ago and took 25 minutes to calm it down. Half an hour after it stopped, I'm writing this blog (9:49 pm right now).
Jade has told me that the baby will probably go crazy throughout the night, and I'm hoping that she's wrong. My baby, Ariel, is currently lying in her makeshift cot (in a basket, lined with clothes and on top of one of my pillows) right next to me. I just hope she doesn't cry until I finish this post, at least! EDIT: She didn't.
Ariel is a fairly good baby, only crying every three hours or so on average. I was worried about the Community and Family Studies test I had today, but the baby slept right through it, using my schoolbag as a pillow.
During recess I had a whole bunch of people pestering me, but luckily I had an equal bunch who wanted to hold it and protected Ariel from the idiots out there. Luckily none of them managed something after I surrounded myself with the girls from my Exploring Early Childhood class. (A little side note: I'm the only guy in that class. Apparently they only get a guy in the class every 2-3 years)
At lunch I'd learnt my lesson, and took it up to the Senior Study Area at the library, so all was okay there when it cried, although a bunch of people were looking around for the crying. I apologised to the head librarian for the noise (I borrow several books a week, so it's good to stay on her good side)
At Drama, Rose, my sister and a couple of other people passed it around to hold, then I got a blanket for it to rest on (if the baby's head falls back, it starts crying automatically) and then when it cried, Rose, a mother of two, tried to take the baby, only to find the key was attached to my wrist. I got snapped at, but was able to read my lines with one hand, from the table where I had the baby's key in.
By the time 8:45 rolled around, I was getting paranoid: it had been 3 and a half hours since it's last cry, and I knew it was going to cry soon. I was right, and 15-20 minutes into the baby's routine of making me hold the key (which simulates changing, feeding, burping etc.) I was repeating to myself "No matter how long this takes, I can last longer".
I was right. About 3 minutes after I started singing songs to distract me from my boredom, the baby cooed (a signal to take the key out) and I've been home free ever since.
Now all I have to do is keep close by, and wait for the next cry.
On to the dailies!
Daily Quote: "You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance" - Franklin P. Jones
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Until next time, may you endure whatever life throws at you.
-Callanthae
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