The Worst Sound in the World

I used to think the worst sound in the world was nails on a chalkboard.

Not so.

Let me set the scene for you: 

It's 4 am.

Your baby starts to cry.

You drag your already overly weary body out of bed.

You change her.

You feed her.

You burp her.

You rock her.

Millions of mothers all over the world find hope in rocking.

Rocking will sooooo put this baby back to sleep.

It doesn't work.

So you pull out the very last trick in your arsenal.

The binkie.

You slap it in her mouth and keep rocking.

And then the sound starts.

The sound like a hog eating mashed potatoes.

It's your daughter with her paci.

Mocking you.

She's just messing around.

And not going back to sleep.

She thinks it's a funny game.

Except it's not.