Riley has finally learned to roll from her back to her tummy! Thank you, God. This means she is napping a lot better. Once she's done babbling, she just rolls herself back to her tummy and takes her rest. That sure beats going in and out of her room to roll her back over so she'll fall asleep. We've had several good days in a row of sleeping later and napping at somewhat of the same time. Oh how that helps my sanity and outlook on life! I am so grateful and am reminded (I'm sure not for the last time) how quickly we move in and out of these tough spots.
Colter has decided he wants to sky dive. Seriously, I hope not, but this is a common position for him. He repeatedly picks up his head, arms, and legs and looks around to see who is going to cheer for him. He especially seems interested in impressing Governor. Sometimes I think Colter really wants to fly from one spot on the blanket to another.
Both babies are making progress across the blanket in some fashion. Riley is usually rolling, Colter must be scooting (I'm not really sure how he moves from one spot to another). Both of them are sitting for short periods of time using their arms to prop themselves up. They love to be tickled and love any kind of music (even Jeff and I singing "Splish splash I was taking a bath" at bath time. Riley likes to dance around the room to Glen Miller. Both of them light up when they make their exersaucer bugs play music.
(I wasn't quick enough to catch Riley sitting. Colter wasn't too pleased when she toppled onto him!)
Colter is very interested in what we're eating and made a grab for my sandwich the other day. We've been reading books more often. They do well when we're all lying on our bellies so they can look at the pictures and wiggle around if they want.
The sun shade I ordered from Target also arrived today. As many of you know (Suzanna, Jeff's family), I'm really careful about shading the babies when we're out walking. This is a tad difficult with the tiny little shades that come on the strollers, so a lot of times we just avoid walking during the middle of the day. Or I spend the walk constantly adjusting the shades or pulling the stroller instead of pushing it so they're not facing into the sun. (I wasn't kidding about being careful). Not any more. The Ray Shade is awesome! I can't wait to try it out. My children will probably grow up wanting a good tan, but as long as it's up to me we'll be protecting their skin as much as possible (while still having a blast outside). Must be the oncology nurse in me.
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I have always been careful with my pale kids, but Macie has still managed to get a good tan. She is loosing it fast with this weather though.
Having grown up with a dermatologist in the family, we were ALWAYS the ones on the beach in long sleeves, pants, a sun tent and SPF75 before it was a regular thing. My little pastey (sp) whitey is going to be lathered up from here until eternity. Luckily our jogging stroller has a sun shade that is big and rotates completely around. I'll miss that stroller once we have two. Maybe then I'll have to look into what you're using.
i love reading about your little family! as far as keeping babies out of the sun...we don't have the problem of a fair skin child that's for sure, but i keep SPF 50 on Kate anyway and try keeping her in the shade and yet she stills tans! she definitley didn't get those genes from me!
I need to follow your example. I mean, I haven't been taking Caroline to the tanning bed or anything, but I do little more than make sure she is shaded by a blanket or something from most of the direct sun. My family has always been bad about sun exposure...with the increasingly toxic sun, I need to make sure my whole family is covered up!
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