Parental Highlight

11:45 pm.

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Brett and I stood in Jack's dark room.

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Jack lay sleeping in his carseat after a desperation drive to soothe him to sleep.

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In the glow of Jack's nightlight, I looked at Brett.

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Brett looked at me.

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Our glances indicated that I would be the lucky one to transfer him to his crib.

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Post-surgery had left us unsure of what position Jack would stay asleep in.

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I whispered, "Back or stomach?"

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Brett blinked slowly.

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So, in this, a highlight of our parenthood, we shrugged.

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I sighed, "You be back, I'll be stomach."

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And then. We did it.

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We pulled out the best decision maker we know and we

paper-rock-scissored.

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Me: Paper, Brett: Scissors.

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"Back, ok, back."

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I gingerly took a sweaty little Jack from his carseat and laid him softly on his back.

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His little eyes shot open, and Brett's frantic voice chanted,

"No, no, no, stomach, stomach, stomach."

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And Jack was immediately flipped.

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This is Jack, today.

..... The 3 days before today, not so much. .

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Since we got home from the hospital, my sweet and amazing little sleeper had taken a vacation.

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Pain medication and Jack's chill disposition did not agree.

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Today Jack is off pain meds.

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Today, I have my Jack back.

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And it's a dang good thing.

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Who knows what shenanigans we would have pulled tonight.