This looks like a sleeping child with six chins and no neck, but what it is is a miracle: Max is asleep without being held by a person. Instead, the vibrating bouncy chair is enough for him. Our glee is only slightly mitigated by our sense of being insulted - how would you feel if your life partner decided that the Magic Fingers at the Motel Six was all she needed? - but this is a life-changing developmental step.

Although, I suppose all developmental steps are life-changing, which is why they get the adjective, "developmental."

Before this, dinner for Leah and me was a three handed activity, and all foods had to be assessed for the degree of trouble they would cause if dropped onto Max's face. Soup, no; rock candy, no; blowfish sushi, no; cut up celery, ok. This is no way to eat.

It is also possible that the chair had nothing to do with it, and that Max's new duck suit is the reason for his good sleeping. Either way, we'll take it.