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Friday, November 07, 2008

Things We Can't Do Without in the Turnip Household

Tummy time with monkey!

It's funny how we've gone from being a minimalist household to not being able to do without certain key items of furniture and accessories. And also consider our great paradigm shift: when did we start classifying baby accessories under items of furniture? Goodness!

Anyway, it's been fun assembling these various items, and even more fun seeing Jordy enjoy them so much.

First up is his rainforest playmat, which has all kinds of funky toys dangling from the criss-cross bars above. There's a monkey, hornbill, giraffe, parrot, butterflies and a big red mirror. Jordy had a long conversation with monkey and giraffe while I hung up the laundry yesterday!


Mummy can you turn up the BBC please? I can't hear the programme over the squeaky toy!

Item number two is his infant car seat and stroller combi. And additional toy bar with more dangly toys! He's happy most days in the car seat, though there are occasions when he still acts up. But nothing like in the early days!

Itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout... and went to dreamland

Number three is his itsy bitsy spider bouncy chair. He loves it and can sit for more than half an hour staring at the spiders slowly moving up and down (the toy bar isn't pictured here). Also notice the weight of the child bearing down on the chair. He's GROWING exponentially!


"Shh, no talking in the theatre mummy."

Number four is a very recent addition to the menagerie and is the wonderfully-named bumbo seat (which Aunty Sheri so kindly has lent us). Jordy loves sitting in it to play with Melville the Mouse (he can now grab Melville and bring him up to his mouth for a belly kiss) and his little teddy rattle. It's also where he sits for story time and finger puppet theatre, all courtesy of the vaudeville act that is mummy. Oh and of course his precious Baby Einstien time!

Jordy and his dad at the Esplanade

And number five is daddy's arms! Now that mine are super achey from the constant picking up, putting down, carrying around, it's wonderful when you have spare daddy arms!

1 comment:

maree said...

what WONDERFUL times each day is for wee Jordy.."hmmm" he thinks,
" how's Mummy going to entertain me today?"

The Turnip Household couldn't do without....

DORA! Bestest Mum In The World Award!