Clean your nose. [Things I learned from my baby part 4]
Think back to the last time that you had a stuffed nose. I'll bet you didn't enjoy it. Luckily you knew how to blow your nose. If that didn't work, you put in nasal drops.
Babies aren't so lucky. They haven't developed those skills yet. They can't blow their nose, nor can they put in their own nasal drops.
A baby with a stuffed nose is very uncomfortable. Its hard to breath, sleep, and worst of all, hard to eat.
We love them, so we clear their noses. We put in drops, we put in tissues, we try all sorts of gimmicks. All to make them feel better, and feel better they do.
Clearing their noses, however, is a mission. If I forced drops down your nose, you would be greatly annoyed. If I forced tissues up your nose, you would jerk your head to and fro. They wiggle, they jerk, they do everything in their power to avoid the intrusion. They SEEM comfortable in their discomfort. They SEEM to not want a clean clear nose. Don't listen. They do. They love it ... after the fact.
The Jewish people didn't want to leave Egypt. They were comfortable in their discomfort. They SEEMED to want their slavery. G-D didn't listen, and we liked it ... after the fact. We we're taken out of comfort zone, and we liked it ... after the fact.
Go do something that you find awkward. You may love it ... after the fact. Get uncomfortable. You may love it ... after the fact.
