False Alarm

Several months back we gave Eli his first cell phone. Of course it was not hooked up to any network, and until yesterday, its battery was dead. This particular one was so beat up that we figured it would serve Eli better as a toy than as a donation. For some reason he figured out yesterday (after months of playing with it) that it had no battery power, but it NEEDED battery power. Lehr found his old charger and hooked it up right before bedtime. Eli asked to sleep with the phone and we let him. Fast-forward to 3:45AM. I wake up and faintly hear Eli crying. Very unusual since he doesn't usually make a peep before 8:45. I figure he's crying in his sleep, but after two minute it is obvious that is not the case. Lehr goes in to check on him. Apparently the phone's alarm was set and it woke him up, beeping incessantly. Since he couldn't figure out how to turn it off, he threw it out of the crib, but it continued to beep. Lehr turned it off and all was well, but not before Lehr promised (upon Eli's insistence) to take the phone downstairs.