It's no secret that Lu has been fussy lately. The cause and extent of that fussiness is not the focus of this post, rather the solution.

Confusion.

That's right. Sometimes I confuse my baby quiet. Make a strange enough noise and she's too puzzled to fuss.* Today I used an interesting be-BEEE sound which stopped the crying in it's tracks.

It was very much like the sound the remote makes when one turns off a car alarm (as my dear husband pointed out).

Yup. Add that to my list of motherly duties. I am the "off switch" to Lucy's "baby alarm."

*Or, lean her backwards (ever so carefully) until she's upside down. She loves when Daddy does that.