I rolled my eyes when the nurses told me their night shifts gave the Jacksonville, North Carolina newborn infants their baths at midnight. My raised eyebrows followed their statements that the babies were rinsed off by cradling them in a seesaw manner under a faucet of warm running water.
Being the mother of two previous sons, I could not believe the infant daughter Geralyn would expect such a midnight cleansing ritual. But she did.
Those little eyes looked expectantly at me when midnight rolled around.
It took several weeks of lullaby singing and rocking chair sessions to convince the new little daughter that a morning bath was a better option.
If midnight faucets are still used in that Jacksonville, North Carolina hospital, I hope mothers of newborns own rocking chairs and remember a few lullaby songs.