One thing that is true of Codi and I now, that was never true about us before is that we are mildly superstitious. Truthfully, most people are, and here is the example to prove it:
You are driving along the highway with your friends or spouse, and traffic is flowing nicely. (You already know where this is going.) It's an unwritten rule that is commonly broken, someone will say, "Hey, can you believe how great this traffic is?" From there you can imagine how the story ends.
With our children, more so Anika now than Eric, we have become superstitious around the area of sleep. Often when we put her to bed, if she goes down well, we do not talk about it - AT ALL. We know that talking about it just means she is going to wake up. I often test this superstition by talking about it and inevitably Anika wakes up. If she starts to make "fussy sounds" we mute the TV, or pause the program we are watching, thinking this will cause her to go back to sleep. Today we drove to Wisconsin and Anika slept pretty much the whole way. (Anika is a great car traveling baby.) We only had 15 minutes left to go on our drive and I HAD to comment on how pleasant the drive had been. Clearly Anika, (being the gifted child that she is) heard me in her sleep, decided to wake up and prove me wrong. (Is this a daughter thing? My boy is not like this).
Fortunately, I have not walked under any ladders, broken any mirrors, and I always cover my mouth when I yawn (knock on wood).
Eric
So is this a learning day for you or what!
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