we get hundreds of e-mails every day, thanking us for the content put forth on this site. 90% of those e-mails include a note at the end asking us how we came up with the name of the blog.well, it's time we explained, isn't it?
it's pretty simple, really. "the mercer process" is a phrase mom and pop used to use to describe the procedure of putting mercer to bed each night. it was (and still is) the same every night: turn on the bath water, get mercer undressed, get mercer in the bath, dry off, brush his teeth, carry the boy upstairs, rub him down with lotion and creams, get him dressed, read him a book or two, turn on the white noise, put mercer in bed, put on the quilt, creep away.
give or take a couple of days because of fever or some other circumstance, this is the process mom and pop have been putting mercer through every single night for 2 years. when it came close to his bedtime, we would ask one another: "time to start the process?" for the most part, mercer loves it. during one of his phases, any time mercer heard bath water running, he'd start grabbing at his clothing, wanting to rip it off and jump into the tub. now that he's a little older, he sometimes fights it, but only because he thinks he wants to play some more.
mercer has been sleeping through the night for a good while, and part of that might be because of the process, or maybe he's just a good kid. we'll never know. well, we know he's a good kid.
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