Bouncer

Last week we got our bouncer and baby gym out for Orla. This has been a great success so far. Orla seems to enjoy sitting up watching the world, or looking at the toys on the baby gym. And, she has even started to touch them! It is an amazing thing when your baby first reaches out with a sense of purpose. Obviously her aim is still not 100%, but you can see the concentration and interest in her face as she eyes up a toy. Her arm starts to twitch, then flail, then she manages to make contact! She bats at the toy until she gets tired. Next step will be learning how to control the finer movement of the hands and fingers so that she can grasp the toy at will.

Orla sits in the bouncer a few times each day - not heaps as I believe that babies her age should, when awake, be primarily in arms or on the floor so that they can explore their environment and how their whole bodies work. I think that while baby containers can be useful (or in the case of a car seat, essential), they can be overused.

The older two have enjoyed selecting toys to hang off the gym. They have also enjoyed playing babies, lying under the gym batting at the toys, kicking their legs and baby babbling. Orla also enjoys viewing the baby gym from underneath (when lying on the floor), but she can't reach the toys from there.

Today was 3 month immunisation day - never anyone's favourite activity, but she got through the three injections fine and is now having a wee sleep. Hopefully there will be no reactions.