Trial Run

I got a call last Thursday from one of our friends, who is an intern with Ben. She was scheduled to be on call all night Friday and her husband had some work obligations come up. This left them with no one to care for their 8 month old daughter the next night. She was in a little bit of a panic, to say the least. Ben and I didn't have anything going on, so we babysat for Clarissa all night Friday! This was the first time either of us had taken care of a baby all night long. It was definitely good practice for us. It's amazing all of the little things that we didn't know about caring for a baby! Clarissa did great for the evening. We fed her, played, and changed her with no problems. She even went right to sleep at 8:00. But, she was up about every two hours after that until 6:30 the next morning! Ben and I both got up each time. If she needed a bottle, he would try to calm her down while I went to warm her milk. It was so nice to have both of us there. Poor Clarissa...I'm sure it was just being in a new environment and we didn't do things as well as mom and dad usually do! Ha! We had a great time, though and it was a really good learning experience for both of us. After a nap on Saturday, we both recovered just fine!