For you daddies out there: Do your arcade games help put your little ones to sleep?
So my daughter just turned one and she already has 8 of her baby teeth. For the past week, aside from getting over a cold, she's been teething again and this time her molars are coming in. With that said, you dads out there probably know that with those molars come screams of bloody murder pretty much all night long. It seems like no matter what you do, you just can't relieve the pain or crying. Nothing had been working for us.
Two nights ago, I decided to use the distraction method and took her downstairs to the game room. I fired up my games and she instantly stopped crying. She was just looking at all the different screens mesmerized. I played a game of Puzzle Bobble and within minutes she fell asleep upright on my shoulder. Transferred her into bed and that was that.
Well, tonight, same deal. My wife tells me in desperation, "Can you take her down to your arcade!?!" So I took my daughter down to the game room as she was screaming bloody murder. Fired all of the games up, and voila! She stopped crying. I played a game of Street Fighter II this time and she was staring at the X-Men attract screen to her left. Within five minutes, she fell asleep on my shoulder. Transferred her into bed and that was that (again).
I'm just thinking to myself, man, it's awesome enough just having these games in my house and reliving my childhood memories. The fact that they help put my screaming baby to sleep, makes them even more magical somehow.
So my daughter just turned one and she already has 8 of her baby teeth. For the past week, aside from getting over a cold, she's been teething again and this time her molars are coming in. With that said, you dads out there probably know that with those molars come screams of bloody murder pretty much all night long. It seems like no matter what you do, you just can't relieve the pain or crying. Nothing had been working for us.
Two nights ago, I decided to use the distraction method and took her downstairs to the game room. I fired up my games and she instantly stopped crying. She was just looking at all the different screens mesmerized. I played a game of Puzzle Bobble and within minutes she fell asleep upright on my shoulder. Transferred her into bed and that was that.
Well, tonight, same deal. My wife tells me in desperation, "Can you take her down to your arcade!?!" So I took my daughter down to the game room as she was screaming bloody murder. Fired all of the games up, and voila! She stopped crying. I played a game of Street Fighter II this time and she was staring at the X-Men attract screen to her left. Within five minutes, she fell asleep on my shoulder. Transferred her into bed and that was that (again).
I'm just thinking to myself, man, it's awesome enough just having these games in my house and reliving my childhood memories. The fact that they help put my screaming baby to sleep, makes them even more magical somehow.
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