Friday, October 22, 2004

Script for a 2 am feeding

Cast
Baby - Star of the show
Mom - Food Supply and care giver
Dad - Gopher and care giver

Begin by putting the baby to bed while he is asleep. After some time the following happens:
  • Baby grunts and squirms in cradle.
  • Dad tries to quiet him
  • Baby grunts some more
  • Dad tries again
  • Baby squirms and grunts some more
  • Dad decides to change the baby's diaper
  • Baby, now fully awake, tries to eat dad's shoulder
  • Mom wakes up and feeds baby, Dad tries to snooze
  • Baby falls asleep eating
  • Dad puts baby back in cradle
  • Dad tries to sleep
  • Mom is now sleeping
  • Dad is staring at the glowing red numbers on the alarm clock
  • Baby starts squirming, dad tries not to notice

Repeat continuously with variations as needed from 1:30 to 5 am.

6:10 The alarm clock goes off

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