Dude, Stop Doing That
April 16th, 2008Vibble is in her swing. She is tired in a semi-cranky way. The pacifier makes her eyes start to roll back in her head nicely. Sleeeep. She WANTS the pacifier. So I put it in her mouth. She swings for a few seconds. Then she realizes again and again, like a goldfish encountering the plastic castle, that there are little plush critters rotating above her head, and her response to this is to open her mouth wide and go, “OOOAOOOWA.” Exit pacifier. Flash to active but uselessly uncontrollable infant-arms. CAN … NOT … RETRIEVE … PACIFIER. Begin sad crying.
Repeat.
I’ve now risen from the computer to re-cork that crying face 11 times. OK, make that 12. With all the gear available for babies these days, why isn’t there a pacifier with a band attached to it that goes around the kid’s head to hold the pacifier in her mouth? And while I’m asking questions, what the fuck ARE these rotating critters supposed to be?
April 16th, 2008 at 4:34 am
1) I have thoroughly missed reading your blog. My poor little MacBook up and died on me and without my laptop things just don’t compute for me anymore. Stevel sent me a link to bath pictures a couple of weeks ago, so I checked then and I’m checking in again today because I’m bored at work. It is most entertaining to read entries from both the past and the future (today’s the 15th.)
2) You have the cutest little girl. Ever. I want to come play!
3) OMG, Akbar!
April 16th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I live for this blog. I have a fever and the only cure is MORE VIOLET!!!
Oh god, I’ve become a cooing grandparent and I’m only 30 years old!!!
April 16th, 2008 at 7:11 am
These new-fangled swings have all kinds of distracting stuff attached to them. I guess the intended purpose of that smiling little animal-type face is to take a baby’s mind off it’s troubles and give it something to focus on besides it’s belly. But, if you think about it, when you try to concentrate and look at a thing that is going by you while you swing back and forth it just makes you want to puke.
Give me the old-fashioned swings that just made that clicking sound and moved back and forth. Click-click-click-click….like a train – very soothing – a nighty-night sort of sound.
Maybe you should cover that little grinning face up with a sock until she’s older and can reach out and get her pacifier by herself.
But then she wouldn’t have the fun of getting to see Mommy’s face every few minutes when she comes over to plug the nuk back in. (See? She’s a smart cookie, that Vibble!)
April 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Your sister was adicted to her pacifier. She raised all kinds of hell when it fell out of her mouth. Your mom had the brilliant idea to put ribbons on all of Cheri’s nuk’s and pin them to her outfir. She quickly learned that the nuk was only a ribbons reach away from her mouth. Violet is still abit young for this technique, but when she can reach on her own, it will save you many steps. Particularly at night.
Besides this is Violet’s way of; A) Getting attention from her favorite person and B) Keeping her Mom in shape for the marathon about to begin, scoot, crawl, totter, RUUUNNN! FUUNNN!
April 16th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Sadly, my first thought about a pacifier with a band on it involved picturing a ball-gag. I clearly have no children.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Fact: Baby’s brains who are stimulated by things like rotating critters (i haven’t a clue what hers are – bears?) have well developed brains. However, when they are over-stimulated by too many things, it can actually have the opposite effect!
how’s that for some Developmental Psych knowledge dropped on you!?
Miss The Vibs.