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May 16, 2005
Bumper Jumper
This weekend we passed an important milestone in parenting: the loaning out of rarely-used stuff to friends who are expecting. We cleared out some much-needed space in the loft, and just as quickly filled it up again with the rocking horse that had been displaced out of the dining room by the new high chair. Phew, crisis avoided.
We also tried out the bumper jumper for the first time this morning, to great results: Sophie was an instant pro, and really seems to love twirling herself around in it. Eula unexpectedly had no issues with the strange sight of Sophie, upright, suspended from the ceiling: she sniffed her, tried to lick her face and then splayed out her front paws and stuck her butt in the air in the "come play with me" pose. Then she rolled on the floor in front of bumper for a while, as if to further entertain the baby.
At nearly 5 and a half months, Sophie's still a very happy baby. Her favorite noise is sucking in her bottom lip and going "FOOO!" with a big exhale (she loves it when you look at the ceiling and do this with her.) She really loves being outside, and being under trees especially. She seems to fight sleep harder and harder every day so both naps and bedtime can be pretty rough, but she's also sleeping fairly consistently from 9pm until 5-6am most days so we can't complain too loudly.
Posted by Jacob at May 16, 2005 9:11 PM
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Very cute green outfit! Good for the legs that jumper is. She looks like she really enjoys it.
Posted by: grammy at May 18, 2005 10:48 AM
We're dealing with the "fighting sleep" thing too -- obviously tired, obviously unwilling to go to bed. What's up with that??
Alright, I'm gonna run out and get one of those Jonny Jumpups; they look like a lot of fun. Maybe I'll use it until Gen's old enough.
Posted by: Reed at May 19, 2005 8:41 PM
Hannah is now approaching 10 months. For the longest time (actually, until about 1 month ago), I still treated her like a tiny baby that slept on and off and ate! I'd take her out shopping at night and we didn't have a bedtime routine. If she fought sleep, I'd let her stay up!
Then, it all came crashing down on me on a Sunday night when she decided she wanted to stay up playing until 2:15 a.m. and I had an early meeting Monday. The next night, we started a routine . . . . . dinner around 6:30 p.m., followed by fun playtime. Around 8:30, it's bottle time and the lights go down and it's quiet. After her bottle, we sit in the chair for a little while, maybe read a book or snuggle, then she gets put in her crib. The first night, she cried about 6 minutes, then fell asleep (tougher on Mommy then on baby!). The second night, 4 minutes. Now, she goes in her crib, I say, "It's bedtime, goodnight, Mommy loves you" and slowly leave her room. She doesn't cry anymore and falls fast asleep until morning!
Naps, on the otherhand, forget about . . . .if she doesn't want to fall asleep, she'll play, sing, clap, kick her feet . . . .anything to stay awake! I haven't figured out how to tackle that one yet!
Posted by: Carol, Jeff and Hannah at May 20, 2005 10:58 AM