[Leica] Aaron's PAW 15: Prego in DC

[aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)]

I do appreciate the advice, BD, but I have to begin to wonder what is 
happening when I get an offlist email from another LUGger addressing me as 
"Sam" followed by this one from you calling me "Adam."   Perhaps you are 
thinking of my more famous cousin, renowned for his work in "Big Daddy" and 
"The Water Boy."

Actually, this triggers something in my memory...off to have a look...

<tick tock tick tock>

I'm back, and with a cutting from almost a year ago:

>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:20:56 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>From: bdcolen@earthlink.net
>To: lug@leica-users.org
>Thanks, Adam - The difficult thing for me with this kind of photo is 
>figuring out myself, once I've shot, whether a photo is really a "street 
>photo," or just a photo that happens to have been taken in public. The 
>great bulk of what passes for "street photography," including my own, is 
>unfortunately the latter, rather than the former. I think that first one 
>does make the cut; I'm still unsure about the second.
>B. D.
>----

Perhaps those 22 months without sleep had a longer-term impact than you 
thought!  ;)  ;)  ;)  (Or perhaps I should just give up and change my name.)

Ah well, I've been called worse.

Best,
Aaron


At 10:12 AM 4/19/2005, you wrote:
>Adam - The trick is clearly for you and your wife to 'lay down the law'
>- to each other. Before the little nipper arrives, decide at what point,
>on what date, you will begin letting him/her cry, and DO IT. I didn't
>tell the "rest of the story" when I told my grotesque tale.
>
>We had been told by pediatrician after pediatrician that we just had to
>let Benjamin 'cry it out,' and we, being 60s softies, couldn't do it.
>Finally, after a consult with a neurologist to make sure there was no
>physical reason for what was happening, we did it. The first night he
>awoke after his usual three hours of sleep, and I went in, said 'Good
>night, Benny, Mommy and Daddy are going to sleep, we'll see you in the
>morning." (He was speaking in full sentences by 18 months ;-) ). He
>cried for 45 minutes, and then silence. He awoke a second time and we
>didn't go in - he cried for 15 minutes, and then - silence. That was
>night 1. Night two, he awoke, we didn't go in, he cried for about 5
>minutes. Woke once more, cried for less than three minutes...AND FROM
>THEN ON, SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT!! We didn't know whether to kill him,
>or each other...
>
>BUT - I wouldn't even think of doing that for at least three months, and
>probably for six months. But there is a world of difference between six
>months and 22 months. And, most kids will not wake up more than a couple
>times...
>
>Believe me, the joy will far outweigh the pain...:-)
>
>Best
>
>B. D.