What goes around comes around

For Christmas Grandma and Grandpa Nunley bought Avery this Jumperoo. Since she started crawling and subsequently walking shortly after she got very little use out of it. It had been stored away in her closet until recently when it caught her eye once again.

I pulled it out and put it together and put her in it. She was less than thrilled to be confined to one place after having such freedom for so long, so I took it apart again and while putting away the legs she took a fancy to playing with the seat part on the ground.

Ever since then the seat has been in our living room and floor and she loves to climb all over it and play with the toys on it or play with other toys while sitting in it.

It's love.

When I was pregnant I got all kinds of advice from other moms about what was a "must have" because their baby couldn't live without it. Now that I am a mother I have made a concerted effort not to push products, my opinions, etc on other mothers because all babies are different.

Case and point:
I was told we must have a swing. Being that we only have 750sqft we decided to get a travel swing for the sake of space. BIG mistake. She hated it. I couldn't figure it out. I mean a swing is a swing, right? Wrong. We were at a friend's house one day who has a son a month older than A. She fell asleep in my arms (A, that is. Not the friend.) and said friend suggested I put her in her son's cradle swing. She loved it and was out like a light! The next day we got one.

That was our first lesson learned.

The second lesson is documented here. We were given a play mat by my SIL, Carrie. A would lay on it for a bit and then get bored and fuss. Then we were visiting with my friend, Christina, and I saw she had this fantastic play mat with tons of toys that made all kinds of sounds. I decided I would give it a try and went and bought one the next day. Ever since then it's been a whirlwind romance between A and her beloved play mat.

Laughing like a fool.

"Why are you interrupting me, Mom?"