As I go through the house
Trying to tidy
Trying to clean
Trying to cook
You won’t settle

I pop you on your playmat
Thinking maybe you are restless
But that’s not what you need now
Your cries and grizzles tell me that

I try you in your rocker
You settle
You even close your eyes
If only for a moment
But next come the cries
The ones that follow a not restful
And all too short of a nap

I figure based on you and
Based on the clock
It’s time for a proper nap
In your bassinet we go

As I listen to your gurgles
Your coos throughout the house
They quickly become cries

I come to you, to settle you
I comfort you my baby
However that just won’t do

I give in against all advise
The books and the ‘experts’
Who tell me you must self settle
But not this time
This time you need me

I lift you up my baby
I sway you, I comfort you
With my own set of expertise
I love you and with that
You drift into dreamland