Is crying contagious?

It would seem so after seeing Brenna spend a few hours with her friend Jason. This weekend, we had dinner with our friends the Martins and experienced what appeared to be contagious crying episodes. If Jason was content and Brenna started crying, Jason would soon start crying. This phenomenon also worked the other way around. It also seemed that once we got one baby calm, the other one would pick it up! Needless to say, we had a pretty noisy night, as indicated by the picture of them crying together. But, we did have fun!


Brenna also discovered a new toy while we were there. Jason's swing has 2 different motions and during one of her crying spells, we thought we'd try out the cradle mode to see if it helped her. And . . . it did! So, that has been our most recent purchase. Although Brenna had a swing already, the cradle mode makes a world of difference for her, it really seems to soothe her, so we gave in and bought one. As you can see, it will probably help mom and dad stay sane.