Full Moon

We've been trying different things to help Sadie sleep longer at night, but tonight we have two secret weapons working for us. First, we ordered a Marpac Sleepmate 980A white noise generator, which just arrived this afternoon, and I'm really excited about. Marpac machines deliver electro-mechanically produced natural white noise as long as the switch is in the ON position. The Marpac 980A will replace our Chinese-made toys that repeat a short digital loop of white noise for about an hour and then shut off. We tried those, but Sadie obviously needs some American-made white noise. Yes, the Marpac 980A is made in America. I couldn't believe it either. When's the last time you bought something that plugged in, and was made in this country? I think the only other electronic device we have that was made in America is our 1977 Seeburg jukebox.

Anyway, the other secret weapon is tonight's full moon. I don't think anyone really understands all the different effects the moon and its gravity have on this planet, but I'm hoping that helping babies sleep is one of them. Maybe the gravity will help disrupt Sadie's rolling-over abilities and keep her from tumbling over and over into a corner of the crib and bonking her head and waking up.

Update: Here's a great shot of last night's full moon, from someone with a tripod and a lot more knowledge of photography than me.

Another update (8/1): Apparently the full moon counteracts the sleeping effects of the sound machine. Sadie is sleeping about 6 or 6 1/2 hours, but we're going to shoot for the magic number 8.