Another excerpt from my daily journal. When babies are upset about something they feel so much more menacing and imposing. You find yourself walking on eggshells around these little creatures in an effort to not upset them more or (if you’re lucky) not wake them up.

For those of you that are unaware, gripe water is a product sold to relieve colic and other gastrointestinal ailments and discomforts of infants… little evidence supports the efficacy of gripe water but I like to think it works;)