Well, chalk it up to being new parents-- we continue to be totally clueless sometimes. James has a fussy period most days in the afternoon. Last week his cold made that fussy period longer and fussier.
Yesterday we went to our neighbors house for a birthday party (Gefeliciteerd Ronald!) They are expectant parents and just bought some great baby gear second hand. They offered to put together their blanket-baby gym combo to let James test it out. Apparently at some point in the last week he has turned a corner developmentally. The birthday visit coincided with the fussy period. He was a little fussy and we put him down under the baby gym. Low and behold-- we found out he's not fussy, he's bored! He began to immediately smile and wiggle at the mirror and mice hanging from this contraption. He even started to grab at them!
Mike is off today buying James a baby gym of his own. In the meantime I put him in his car seat and hung this busy-bee thing in front of him. He is enamoured.
Notice how his hand and the toy are fuzzy-- that is because this shot is post-grab by just a few seconds.
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Ah, you are becoming REAL parents. . . realizing that, while you don't have to buy every gadget on the market, a few diversionary baby items make life much, much easier. For us, the playmat (sounds like your playgym thingy), the vibrating bouncy seat, and when they get older, the Exersaucer is invaluable.
James is getting so big! They change so much over the first few months.
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