Who Knew!

So, the other evening, William and I were over at the place of a couple from our church who live in our same complex here in California. Their names are Scott and Rachel McPhie and they have such a cute 6 month old boy- Tyler. Well, they had just put him to bed when we came over and we had sat down to enjoy yummy dinner. We were at the table for about 10 minutes when Tyler just started crying. We continued on with the response that he would probably just cry himself to sleep in a minute. Well, instead of that happening, his cries got louder, to nearly hysterical, mad crying. So, his dad went in and picked him up and took him into the bathroom, still crying, and . . . . here is the amazing part . . . turned on the faucet and ran the water into the sink and IMMEDIATELY, Tyler stopped crying! It was incredible- after about 5 minutes of Scott holding him and running the water, he put him back to bed and he was asleep! It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen because it was so instantaneous- and something that I never would have thought of, despite my years of babysitting. Rachel said that she read that babies like "white noise" and that running water is a good one of them and that Tyler just loves it. So amazing just how effective it was. Who knew! Maybe if my parents had known this, they could have tried it on me . . . .