So Josh, Audrey and I always joked that we should have named Luke “Anakin” before he was born. That way, when he was being good we’d call him by his proper name of Anakin and if he was being bad, we’d call him Vader. If you’ve read my previous post about SW and my kids, you can imagine pretty easily how we were all loving the idea. I still say Anakin Aney has a sweet ring to it! Alas, we couldn’t get Mom to buy off on it…’completely’. She agreed to go with Luke instead. See, the Dark Side never wins!
So why am I bringing up the name change again? In the beginning, Luke was definitely teetering on the edge of the Dark Side especially when Dad was dealing with him. However, after a couple months, Luke has definitely turned out to be our happiest ‘baby’ yet. He constantly smiles at anyone who looks at him, and being a ‘thumb sucker’ he can comfort himself in most cases without any intervention. Of course there are exceptions.
Besides being a very happy baby, he also goes to bed earlier than any of our others. He usually hits the sack at about 6pm. However, it never fails. The few times Ann is able to get out into the ‘adult world’ with a few of her friends after putting Luke to bed, he decides that is the night he is going to wake up at 8:30pm looking for a little nighttime snack. Given that I want to give Ann a bit of well deserved time off, I usually ‘battle’ with Luke for an hour or two before caving in and calling Ann for backup. Since, Audrey is quick to point out that I do not have any milk in my nipples, I have limited options in terms of comforting Luke.
There is one fail safe way to comfort him every time though. I simply start humming. It’s the one go to option that Josh, Audrey and I have all mastered. So if you are ever at our house and hear Luke starting to get frantic, you can bet your bottom dollar that you’ll hear three octaves of The Imperial March being hummed…four if Mom isn’t in the position to comfort at the moment.
Luke’s affinity to the tune, as well as Vader images, has prompted Dad and Josh to make the change to “Anakin”…we’ll see if it sticks ;)