
Karate Mom - that's just too funny LOL.
I never did the rocking thing as I've never really rocked my kids to sleep, but funny things I did:
Kayla was sick so I took her to the doctor and then that night she had fever so I called my sister in a panic at 2 in the morning crying my heart out, so she came with me to emergencies and the doctor just told me to keep giving her her antibiotics as it will take 24 hours to work
Another time Kayla had sore bum (rash) so she wee and then started screaming, I took her and ran with her to the bathroom and dipped her in an ice cold bath!! HUGE MISTAKE! Then she wouldn't stop screaming and I rushed her to casualties! At least they gave me some stuff that really worked
Another time I got home and I fed Kayla and she wouldn't eat, so I made her something else and she wouldn't eat, so I made her something else and so on. I think I made like 5 different meals for her and it was like 21h00 at night already and I only realized how stupid I was when we both sat on the carpet crying our hearts out! Now I just leave them if they don't eat!
When my kids were little I didn't use a monitor but I would get up all the time, just staring at them to move. Was too scared to actually touch them. If they didn't move, I would poke them - like quickly and move away
Oh ya and once Kayla choked and I was at home getting dressed but I had no shirt on (I lived in a block of flats at the time), so I grabbed her and ran to the door, just to realize I don't have a shirt on, so I ran back and forth not knowing whether I should put her down to get dressed or to ran for help without a shirt

She eventually ''unchoked'' from all the running!
With Megan is was much easier as hubby was around to help