How I calmed my baby

Its always a problem when your baby cries, or wants something they can have, or maybe she's just in a tearful mood. I needed a way to calm her down so she wouldnt disturb others, and I could get her feeling better. Of course, there's not a lot of understanding in a few month old baby, but what I decided to do was to get something I could move so as to distract her.

I bought a fan, one of those you see the Oriental ladies using. It worked a charm. It was really colorful, and I could open it and close it and wave it in front of her, and the mere fact of the colors changing and the fact that it was moving nearly always worked. Of course she wanted the fan, but I felt it was hers to play with, as I had shown it to her. After a few times the fan was much the worse for wear. I bought quite a few fans over the early months.

I wrote down my experiences in a book, called 'My First Year as a Dad' You can find it at http://www.1stbaby.info