This is Eliana's new playmat, which she absolutely loves! She's actually quite fond of her bouncy seat as well, but as this is newer and offers more challenges, it's the favorite. Best 25 dollars I've ever spent, thank you Target clearance. She will play with it for 20 minutes or more, which I think is amazing for such a little baby. But we've definitely conquered grabbing things now, especially a ring shape because they're so easy to grab. She's even grabbing things with both hands, although the left hand is nowhere near as dextrous as the right. I think I can already say she's not a lefty. She's also figured out that shaking things makes other things move, both on her bouncy seat and the playmat. Also, if you wiggle in your bouncy seat it makes the toys jiggle and jingle and then you can get Daddy's attention too. She's clever this one! We always have the bouncy seat on the table during dinner and she loves to get Daddy to talk to her and the best way is to wiggle frantically creating such a noise from her toys that Daniel looks over and coos at her. Of course she tries to extrapolate this to other situations and it doesn't always work. Like when she's lying on the bed next to Joaquin and wants him to notice her. Wiggling her legs frantically doesn't help much there. The playmat is also good for tummy time. She's deigned to stay on her tummy for much longer while on it. Today she even tried to move around while on her tummy, pulling her legs up under herself and trying to push forward. As her head was lying on the ground it wasn't very effective, but she did scooch(sp?) an inch or so forward and several to the side! It's so cute to watch her learn to do things! She's so serious about it, focusing very intently on her play, like she knows this is how to learn. She gets excited about her toys already, once I was picking her up from the floor and as we moved near her bouncy seat she grabbed for it with both hands and made excited noises.
This is Eliana's new playmat, which she absolutely loves! She's actually quite fond of her bouncy seat as well, but as this is newer and offers more challenges, it's the favorite. Best 25 dollars I've ever spent, thank you Target clearance. She will play with it for 20 minutes or more, which I think is amazing for such a little baby. But we've definitely conquered grabbing things now, especially a ring shape because they're so easy to grab. She's even grabbing things with both hands, although the left hand is nowhere near as dextrous as the right. I think I can already say she's not a lefty. She's also figured out that shaking things makes other things move, both on her bouncy seat and the playmat. Also, if you wiggle in your bouncy seat it makes the toys jiggle and jingle and then you can get Daddy's attention too. She's clever this one! We always have the bouncy seat on the table during dinner and she loves to get Daddy to talk to her and the best way is to wiggle frantically creating such a noise from her toys that Daniel looks over and coos at her. Of course she tries to extrapolate this to other situations and it doesn't always work. Like when she's lying on the bed next to Joaquin and wants him to notice her. Wiggling her legs frantically doesn't help much there. The playmat is also good for tummy time. She's deigned to stay on her tummy for much longer while on it. Today she even tried to move around while on her tummy, pulling her legs up under herself and trying to push forward. As her head was lying on the ground it wasn't very effective, but she did scooch(sp?) an inch or so forward and several to the side! It's so cute to watch her learn to do things! She's so serious about it, focusing very intently on her play, like she knows this is how to learn. She gets excited about her toys already, once I was picking her up from the floor and as we moved near her bouncy seat she grabbed for it with both hands and made excited noises.
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