Shopping for baby toys is fun, especially when you bring your child to the flu invested Toys R Us. :) So in my effort to try to remember all the details of Sean, well as much as I can blog about.... here's another.
Last week I brought Sean over to get a few presents for other little friends and for the first time I think he recognized not where he was, but what he was surrounded by. It was adorable, aside from the coughing kids running past. I was also on the hunt for anything new for little man. I gave him a little book to look at and he played with it the entire time, yep, I had to buy it. :) He loves it a book that sings some of the most common nursery rhymes, he likes to just keep turning the pages for now, but he seems really into it. At some point, he'll remember the words, right? :)
So Sean... at 5 months... gets bored. I never thought a 5 month old would get bored but he does. I've seen him give a few deep sighs and its clear he gets bored. He smiles after when you smile at him, but yes he gets bored. He'll give us the loud grunting, back arched pick me up noises if it gets bad--which does happen.
I was on the hunt for a few things, including something to help him when he doing tummy time, which he needs more of. He can hold his head up and is beginning to start to sit on his own. If you say "Up, up, up" he knows what's going on and gets all excited. Sits up, then falls over, but it's so cute. He hates lying on his back, hates it doesn't want to be put on his back not even for a change-unless he's being entertained. :) He has definitely passed the 'I can just sit and smile' phase and now holds toys with both hands, examining everything. Toys have been thrown, he's figuring things out pretty quick.
One little toy, thanks Aunt Jo, which has been a huge saving grace at dinner, while he's doing tummy time, while he's getting changed has been this bad boy--he loves it. The Fisher Price Snail. I picked up this little snake thing, from amazon, which has been the new toy to examine while he's doing tummy time. Lamaze makes it. We're also at the mouth stage too. Everything goes in, almost everything. He takes the worm and sits on it, examines it, shakes it, eats it. It's hilarious.
Finally Momma cracked and bought the one item everyone seems to brag about, the Sophie the Giraffe teething doll. It's essentially a dog-like squeezy toy (which does not taste good, so wash it often) but he loves it. Teething may have begun, it's hard to tell. Everyone just says 'oh yeah he's teething' when they see the fist in mouth and the drool--who knows. But this little guy has come in real handy, takes it everywhere.
On of the biggest most helpful toys, is this one--the Bright Starts Hop Along Carrier Toy Bar. That's a mouthful. He has yet to get tired of it and it's always there to play with in his carseat. My only concern, is at night when he's in the car the lights that light up are really close to his face when they flash I wonder how good that is... but he loves it. Those are just some of the things he loves! Other Sean updates--officially can't stand his paci, doesn't even want it at bedtime unless he's overly tired. Eats rice cereal like its his job 2-3 times a day mixed with a variety of things we've tried. Aunt Jo made a good recommendation, so I bought two sweet potatoes, made a puree and stuck it in some Tupperware and its lasted the week so far. Loves them.
