When playing a video game, you often have to do things just so -- push buttons just in the right sequence, or steer your character through a maze perfectly. Do it incorrectly and your progress is halted and you start over from square one.
This is one of the many reasons why Tiffany doesn't play video games. She'll get frustrated quickly with the down-up-up-down-left-left-right repetition, doing things over an over again, only to fail and have to try again and again. This is what people do for fun?
Putting a baby to sleep is a little like that. You have to swaddle. You have to turn the baby on her side. You have to rock her gently. You have to shush. You have to give her the pacifier. You have to bounce. You have to sit in the chair and rock. And you have to do it all in the correct order, for the correct amount of time. If your legs are tired and you sit in the rocking chair too early, fuhgedaboudit -- the pacifier is out, the legs are kicking, the arms are out of the swaddle, the baby is awake, you're starting over, and if it's after one a.m. and you've been at this for an hour already, you are one step closer to madness.
However, a video game you can shut off, unplug, put on ebay, and denounce to your friends. Just try doing that with a baby, just once, and child protective services gets very, very upset. Sheeesh.
Babies -- world's worst video game? Discuss.
P.S. Somebody had a birthday, sort of.
2 comments:
This baby is not a toy.
Shame on you bro -- you should have learned the "get rid of baby" lesson 30 years ago
to those of you unfamiliar -- todd tried to throw me out with the leaves)...
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