U-Bahn

The Wren has undergone some changes recently. It seems like it was just a few weeks ago that the only way we could reliably get her to sleep was by driving her through the Bavarian countryside (David would spend hours doing this while I was at work). Suddenly - almost from one day to the next - this switched, and she would doing anything she could to avoid getting in her carseat. We made the mistake of trying to drive in to Munich with my parents. It's only a 30 min trip, but before we got even halfway, the Wren was screaming at full volume.

We pulled off at the nearest park-and-ride station and took the train the rest of the way - much, much better! (My parents were extremely good-natured about this - you'll notice that my dad is still on crutches, but this did not deter him in the least. Their thoughts were completely on the Wren.)

And from the moment we boarded the train, Gwendolyn had a great time. She would scan the crowd, pick out a likely candidate, and then ply them with smiles and waves and something that sounds almost like hi until they gave in and smiled and waved and cooed back - and then we'd switch trains and she'd try it all over again. It wouldn't always work, but she usually got a good portion of our train car smiling by the time it was time to get off.

The U-Bahn - a great discovery for Wren happiness.