I’ve renamed Silly Parent Mistake to just Silly Parent because well sometimes we’re just silly and these aren’t mistakes at all.

Ok to the silliness now. This started way back in the beginning of our parenthood when we were sleep deprived and Isabelle was weeks old.

One day as Alan lay sleeping and I was awake, I noticed he was shaking. I was slightly concerned. I thought it very odd. But I dismissed it thinking he was having a dream.

Well it was the next day when I noticed it again. Now I was worried. I thought something was wrong with Alan. Maybe he had a tumor in his brain that was causing tremors. So I said to him, “Honey, did you know you’re shaking?!” He replied, “Yes” and then fell back asleep. He needed his sleep so I didn’t jump on him and shake him awake screaming What’s wrong? Why are you shaking? That’s not normal!!

So when he woke up fully I asked him again about the shaking. You know what it was?? He was used to patting Isabelle so she would fall back asleep and he was doing it out of habit in his sleep even though Isabelle wasn’t near him.

I do it too, not shaking in my sleep but swaying. I find myself swaying side to side all the time. I do it even when Isabelle is quite clearly in someone else’s arms and I’m standing right in front of her looking right at her. We’re silly.

Go read silly parent mistake #3.