The lack of sleep chez 6000 continues. Together with the heat of the day, this child-induced insomnia each night is pushing us to our limits. Even 2¾ year old Alex has called in the Unions who have threatened a “dirty protest” should the regular nocturnal crying from his little sister’s room persist. It’s a horrifying thought.
While down at the Waterfront, and having exhausted (npi) all other legal possibilities of inducing a good night’s sleep, I found this:
Kurt et al lullabyified
They do other bands, too.
Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies. The soothing sounds of the glockenspiel, vibraphone, mellotron and other instruments will lull your baby into a sweet slumber.
So hopefully, from now on, with the lights out, it’s less dangerous.
(sorry)
Okay now that is cool. And probably 100x more beneficial than that Baby Mozart rubbish.
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Sheesh but you don’t want the poor kid to get all suicidal on you!
A glockenspiel will do that to anyone 🙂
I’ve heard that Pain Stop works pretty well too…
Goblin > Hmm. Perhaps. Do you want genius or do you want grunge monster?
Jury’s out.
Po > Don’t knock glockenspiels. They rock. (in a ding-dongy kinda way).
JHBP > Do you maybe mean Stopayne? That’s now contraindicated in kids under 2 yrs after some “concerning” things happened in the USA involving promethazine and some kids under 2 yrs.
Yes but that’s assuming that either would work. I’m not entirely convinced they do 😉
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Good luck, then. I hope the night is restfull. Would not want you take on the swimmers vs surfer issue in an uneasy state 😉
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I understand the best thing is Gripe Water. One measure mixed with the same amount of gin does wonders for parental nerves when sipped as needed.
I really really hope it works! If not, try some whisky on the finger. Or ear plugs. Or moving to another house.
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Good luck with that mate! Keep us posted 😀
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Goblin > OK – listened to the CD and it is uniformly awesome. But it ain’t gonna make a genius or a rocker, believe me.
Emil > Hmm. Plenty of beaches suitable for swimming, fewer suitable for surfing, so the swimmers must bugger off the surfing beaches? Seriously, if you can’t find somewhere to swim in Cape Town, you need help.
S&B > 😉 Or just a glass of 15 y.o. Uitkyk Potstill brandy.
Lady Fi > I might sleep in the outside room tonight. But she was a little better last night. Haven’t tried the CD on her yet – wanted to check it was suitable. And it is. Very relaxing.
Wiggy > Sure… Well, what else do I have to write about, anyway? 😉
My sister says a “In the Night Garden” dvd does wonders.
Whatever that is?
In the Night Garden is a random collection of flashing lights and colours put together by something or other quite possibly on some form of a hallucinogen.
Children love it though.
DW > A BBC TV series. (see Reflex’s comment).
Reflex > It’svery cool: http://www.inthenightgarden.co.uk and the kids are avid watchers. Drugs must have been involved – like a modern day Magic Roundabout.
I will admit to having watched in the night garden once or twice and by the end of it I felt like I’d been administered some hallucinogenic substances in my drink 😆
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Wiggy > It has that effect on me too. And then they follow it up with two cooks, one of whom is really small and rides a flying wooden spoon.
Riiiiiight.
I’m normally in one of them trances by that time! You know the sort you see in the movies that turns you all zombie like and that Hmmmmmm
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Wiggy > Yikes. Right. That’s it – no more Night Garden for the kids.
I think drugs were involved with most children’s programmes. A purple dinosaur……. there is only one way that somebody came up with that.
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OL > You’ve got all this to come, dearie! 😉
I relate!!
Two hours sleep last night – TOTAL!
I pray to whomever that tonight is different!!!
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If there was ever a kids show developed while the writer was on drugs, it’s the Number Jacks. The Number Taker is just too weird.
Emil > And? I was just wondering, becauzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……
Mrs 6000 > Drugs yes, but I think the NumberTaker was more cocaine-induced rather than the LSD which prompted Night Garden.