We hadn’t put Amelia on the play mat much lately, because with the acid reflux we’re supposed to keep her elevated all the time. Today, though, I rigged up a little backrest for her so she could practice her kicking.
This play mat, lent to us by Les Blases (the unfailingly kind and inspiring) is one that helps teach baby about cause and effect through a setting that only plays the music and blinks the lights if one of its dangly bits is pulled or if one of its supports is kicked.
Amelia prefers kicking at this point – she is still keeping her hands in fists just in case a bar fight suddenly breaks out – and has gotten really good at keeping the music playing with pretty regular kicking of the giraffe.
Those noises she is making, while super-cute, are actually her cues that “I’m bored of doing this now and plan to start crying in a few minutes!” It’s nice that she’ll warn us of an upcoming explosion these days… sometimes.
