Swingers

We finally broke down and got Amelia a swing. She will play on her back or stomach anywhere from 5 - 45 minutes. She will sit in her bouncy seat anywhere from 5 - 20 minutes. However, when the bouncy seat and palette no longer cut it, we have to hold her up so she can see things. And it isn't just propping her up on our knees or having her standing on our laps. She has to be held while we stand. Well it is very hard to cook supper, do dishes, do laundry, clean, take care of Eva and Heidi, and eat when you can't put her down, or even sit down. We wanted to test one out before we took the plunge though, cause swings aren't exactly cheap items.

We took our cousin's for a "test drive" when we were last in York, and she fell asleep in about 2 minutes. I told her babysitter about wanting to test one before we bought one, so she brought her swing down for Amelia to try. Apparently that's all she sleeps in during the day. Casey and Linda both have the exact same swing, so I was a little under the impression that Amelia would only like that swing. I got online to see if they still make it, and, if so, how much it cost. During my research, I found out that it is not sold in stores, just online. Well, we needed it asap. I wasn't willing to wait for it. So I went to Babies R Us yesterday to look. It took me about 20 minutes to decide on a swing (as they didn't have the one I looked up online). As I was looking, I still had the feeling that I would get home and she wouldn't like it because it wasn't that EXACT one. As I was assembling it, I was a little hopeful because she was very fascinated with what I was doing. The big moment came, and Chris put her in the swing. We strapped her in, and put it on the lowest setting.....She played and watched us for about an hour or more before she could no longer resist the call of sleep.

I was so happy that she liked it. I used to constantly worry about how I would get supper fixed and laundry done if I was at home with Amelia and she was fussy b/c she would want to be propped up on my shoulder. But no more. Some semblance of freedom has returned to our lives.

Even John Jameson

Amelia goes to daycare tomorrow, and I thought that I wasn't gonna see the first time she rolled over. So I was hoping so hard that she did it before tomorrow. And she did!!! I still didn't get to see the first time (damn Wal-Mart trip), but I did get to see it later. I tried to record it, but she did it too fast for me to catch before she was flipped over. I'm sure I'll be able to get the whole thing at some point though.

Thank Ya Nice Lady

Not much going on. Amelia is still sleeping through the night. We've been working on trying to get her to roll over, but its slow going. The only time for her to practice is during tummy time, but she hates tummy time. So she only gets a little bit of practice b/c we have to put her on her stomach while she's in a good mood. Then she can only stand to be like that for a few minutes before she gets upset. She can pretty much turn in a circle on her stomach, and she can scooch like nobody's business on her back. I don't think it will be long on the rolling though. She starts daycare soon though, so I will probably miss her first time.

I start work soon. I don't really know if I'm excited about it so much as I'm excited about getting out of the house everyday and interacting with adults other than Chris and Daddy. The only downside I see is that I've gotten used to sleeping in every morning, and I know that I'm really gonna miss that. Its not exactly sleeping in cause I have to take care of Amelia around 7. But other than those 30-45 minutes that I'm up with her, I love sleeping til 11 or 12 every day.