The Baby Toy Racket

so remember way back forever ago when i was pregnant and brownlee was all “you don’t need a changing table” and “you don’t need that many blahblahs”? ok well what we really don’t need ever is baby toys.

ever.

addy’s current interest is in tags.  not like high dollar label things but the actual tags on things.  toys, blankets, you name it.

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hand her a plush toy and she turns it over until she finds the care tag that sticks out the back. and then she gnaws on it.  and i’m on the innanet talking to the other mommy bloggers and baby bumpers and asking them what’s the what about the tags.  then i hear tale of taggie blankets that super crafty mommies make that are just a piece of cloth with different tags on the ends.  so what do i do? google tag blankets.  and learn that they sell them in target.  how awesome! an actual reason to go to target! (as if i ever needed one). but then as i sit addy on my bed to fold some laundry, i come up with the brilliant idea to just give addy a tshirt to chew on. it has a tag! its cotton and can soak up drool! i’m pretty much the smartest mom ever in life! and addy loved it.  she pulled it over her face.  chewed on the tag.  examined the shirt.  ate up the tag.  then took it out her mouth, leaned over, and spit up all over my comforter.  then i realized it was my Buc-ee’s t-shirt.  double dose of fail.

then i was in target and looked for the taggie blanket thing and they were sold out. and of course i’m thinking “oh this must be awesome i have to have a taggies blanket…for addy i mean”. but i found these plush blocks. and one had taggies! and one makes crinkly noise! and one has letters on it! and one has a rattle inside” (ok there are only 4 blocks but i mean they have lots of sides). i bring it home and whip them out for addy to play. look addy! look how awesome!

thanks for these dumb blocks mom!

she got the one block with a for real regular ass care tag on it and ate it.

here’s other things she likes to eat and play with.

but i'd rather eat your yoga pants

and the wipes box is the coolest

also i wised up and give her a baby hooded blanket or just a cloth diaper to chew on instead of my own shirts to catch the drool.  and speaking of chewing on, that’s all addy does.  everyone has been saying that she’s been teething since like may. and i coulda sworn a tooth was going to pop out overnight but i still don’t even feel anything.  and my hands are in her mouth all the time (against my will).

Naynee got some teething rings when we went to visit and addy just never cared for them but i actually read the directions and they say to put them in the fridge not the freezer. and she loves them! who woulda thought reading directions would make something work right. and who woulda thought teethers came with directions.  ha! i mostly think that she’s just better with her hands nowand wants to chew on things so that’s why they work.  Either way they will work until she eyes something else that is NOT a toy for babies and is actually a functioning items for adults like cell phones or remotes and things of that nature.  i’m going to have to do something about the coffee table because she keeps eyeing the wrought iron curved legs.  instead of baby-proofing i might just get rid of everything in the living room. it’s just easier

 

 

and cheaper.

 

Um, My Mouth Was Open…

it seems like every week there is tons of new stuff to report.  addy is inches away from completing a rollover.  brownlee says she did it the other day but she hasn’t done it for me when i’m ready to filmdeo.  i think she thinks its funny and will do it when she damn well pleases, just like everything else.

however, i have been putting her in the crib square in the middle and when she gets up we find her trying to escape.   where? where are you going baby?  and in order to encourage the roll over we’ve been playing on the floor a lot more.  she’ll do this thing where she grabs her head and screams at the top of her lungs and rotates 75% of the way. you can hear me and brownlee gasp and hold our breath hoping this will be the time she rolls over, then she lets her head go and plops back on her back laughing at us. we even try to coax her over or show her what we want her to do.  why do we think she cares?

and speaking of playing on the floor, this is addy’s new favorite toy.

a cup.

she was getting really mad at me when she saw me drinking.  she yelled in Target when i put my Iced Chai in the stroller cup holder. i let her touch it and i’m sure i got some sneers for handing  a Starbucks cup to an infant.  then we tried to get her to drink some water but she just wanted to grab the glass.  so i opted for the kiddie cup in the cupboard and it was a success.  which is great because me, YaYa, and Grandpa took Addy to Babies R Us and i found this awesome kiddie remote. it was all visually stimulating with the black and white picture on the top. and every time you hit a button it sounded like you were changing a channel and there’s some tv jibba jabba.  it was instantly Addy approved in the store. we even opened it up in the car so she could play with it.  then we got home and she saw the real remote and promptly discarded the toy one.  i even tried to show her how mommy used it to point at the tv. it didn’t fool her. oh but Cup. that’s a win.

she really seems to enjoy the food.  we’ve done oatmeal, green beans, pears, and today sweet potatoes.  it’s been a great success (and pile of laundry. seriously how do you get green bean stains out. someone let me know) and i’m ready to try some new combos for her like a veggie and fruit and bump her up to two feedings a day.

brownlee told me that the sweet potatoes weren’t bad because he got some on his hand and licked it off.  i’ll admit that i nibbled at the pears myself in an effort to get addy to open her mouth and try them (also mainly i just wanted to try them).  i know a lot of moms out there are making their own food by steaming vegetables and utilizing a blender and blah blah.  that’s great and all but that’s just not me.  it’s prepackaged so nicely for my purchase. i even shopped 3 different Targets to see who sold them the cheapest (ok i was just in target shopping for other things and took note). but i don’t want to get into the habit of nibbling on addy’s food because i’m sure most of it tastes like cwap.  however, she did give me a taste when i bent down to kiss her and she promptly threw up sweet potatoes into my mouth.

brownlee thought it was vindication for that time she sharted on his leg.

 

as far as mommyhood goes, i’m good and ready to go shopping.  i’ve been a horrible pet mom cause Scooter still hasn’t been groomed in ages.  i finally washed him and trimmed some of the hair out his eyes. he doesn’t hate the baby anymore and doesn’t run from her when i put her at his eye level.

i could use a nice bottle of wine or margarita (do they come in bottle form) and a big fat dinner or brunch out of the house, but otherwise i’m doing pretty good.