catherine.. you so crazy. the point of tummy time is for them to hold their head up and use their back and neck muscles in preparation for sitting up and holding their own head. Ro is doing really well.
jj was one of those crazy babies who did 'tummy time' on my chest when they pulled him out of me. i have pics of him in the OR holding my nose with his hand and holding his head and upper body up off me. he gets frustrated if i give him too much tummy time. by the time he's wriggled up the change table on his tummy he's over it. he rolled onto his side on it the other day and freaked me out - he did it in the blink of an eye - luckily it has sides or we could have been facing disaster. haven't had TT since because it freaked me a little.
his entertainment comes from dh and i being fools for him, as well as the baby einstein mat and this house full of stuff. his favourite thing is this wooden cabinet. he gets engrossed in the grain. that is too weird to even say. babies aren't supposed to care for brown things at this age.... how... artsy of him.
the other thing he loves is good quality music. since DH is an audiophile with more hi-fi and music gear than anyone would need in any lifetime, jj has become the unofficial testing party, in fact he's become a music snob. the dodgy bleepy music from the mat made him cry but so far he will listen to Oxygene, Christina Aguilera, Jackson 5, Natalie Cole and others at volume on the hi-fi, oh and last night he did Chicane. we call him the carpet rat. he either lies on a bunny rug on the floor with dad or i dance with him. he actually fell asleep in the middle of christina wailing her xmas classic, "o holy night". this from the kid who will wake up if someone whistles but will sleep through big sounds in the lounge.
dtd - belle, you're a legend. i imagine i have energy and inclination but it just won't happen.
in other news - is anyone else still sweaty? ergh.
trish - yeeha! nice sleep work there.
i feel this might turn into a marathon post... d'oh
i worked out why i didn't gel with breastfeeding. i had used the football hold since hospital for his windy/fluxyness. i realised there's no skin connection and i can't really look at him when he's like that. a few weeks back we changed to the across-the-body position and bingo, we bonded and i got over my bf issues. i've gone back to football this week because he's been too much of a vombag, and to drain my block ducts - and lo, it's working, but i'm starting to feel alienated again. i love when he's across me coz i can look at his little face and poke at his arms and legs, as well as seeing that everything is right with him (pity he's more likely to drink too much). it's a convenient time to meddle with fingernails etc. can't do that in football hold.
that concludes this marathon fuggin post. gah!
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