Isabella turned 4 months at the beginning of August, which I can hardly believe, and now i almost 5 months. Not far away from starting to wean and sit up on her own! These are Isabella's favourites for August...
1) Lindam Jump About Door Bouncer -
My husband's sister kindly let us borrow her door bouncer and Isabella
has been loving it. I didn't really consider getting a door bouncer, just because I had heard stories of people needing
surgery when they're older because they spent so long in these type of
baby products. However after discussing it with a Health Visitor she
said that they are fine if used for a short amount of time and
correctly. So we make sure that Isabella's feet can lay flat on the
floor and that she's never in it for longer than five minutes. She's
loved it when I put a bowl of warm water under her while she's bouncing
around in the door bouncer. I'm also going to try rice krispies, foam
and an emergency blanket underneath her for that added sensory
experience.
2) Wooden Spoon - Sometimes the best toys are normal, everyday items and best of all cheap! I bought Isabella a wooden spoon to use with her drum because she couldn't get the whole thing in her mouth. A traditional drumstick would be too dangerous at the moment, as she'd no doubt try and get the whole thing in her mouth. She loves chewing on the spoon end of the wooden spoon, she's less interested in banging it on the drum though!
3) Cot - Isabella moved into her own room this month and she's been loving the space! Most nights and nap times she can be seen adopting the starfish sleeping position or twisting herself around the cot. She looks so grown up in her cot and going in to see her in the morning (or middle of the night) with lots of smiles is just the best!
4) Skip Hop Alphabet Zoo Activity Gym - We were kindly given this play gym as a gift from my Auntie when Isabella was first born. For months she didn't really interact with the hanging animals and just cried lay there when we put her on it. However over the past month or two she has been loving grabbing the animals, shaking the rattle monkey and looking the mirror during tummy time. It's so cute watching her play independently while developing her hand/eye coordination.
5) Julia Donaldson Books - Just before bedtime my husband always reads Isabella a book. She loves the illustrations in all of the Julia Donaldson books we have and even tries to help turn the pages now, so cute! I love reading books by Julia Donaldson because they rhyme, so they flow so nicely. We picked up 10 of her books from The Book People for £10 (this is a different collection but still only £9.99) - such a bargain!
What has your child/ren been enjoying this month?
Feel free to leave me a comment :)
Helen x
Matilda's loving a wooden spoon, too!
ReplyDeleteAww, Elliott went through the wooden spoon phase too!He was forever getting our ankles with them! haha! Such a lovely read! Suz x Beauisblue.com
ReplyDeleteLOVE Room on the Broom!! :)
ReplyDeleteJasmine's loving her Tomy Eggs (Get these, if you haven't already!) and her toy cars. :)
Jenna at Tinyfootsteps xx
I love how they have their story time, very special and sweet. #busydoinglife
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear the move to a cot went well. We love room on the broom too! Thanks for linking up to the #BinkyLinky
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely idea for a post.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear she is happy in her cot, those morning smiles are the best :)
Such a good idea to put items underneath them when in the bouncer, I hadn't thought of that.
I love the wooden spoon kids like strange things great post thanks for linking to the binkylinky
ReplyDeleteJulia Donaldson is one of my little ones favourite authors, and what's great is that they're books they can grow with. We get most of our son's books on The Book People - such amazing deals!
ReplyDeleteSharing snapshots at Captured By Jade
What a great idea to have a sensory experience when they are in their Jumperoo - never even thought about that. Must try it with the next baby :)
ReplyDeleteBtw, I have a linky called My Monthly Roundup, if you ever fancy linking roundups of your or Isabella's favourites in it :) It goes out every 2nd of each month :) http://www.wavetomummy.com/p/my-monthly-roundup-linky.html http://www.wavetomummy.com/p/my-monthly-roundup-linky.html
Such cute photos! Mine used to love their door bouncer and babies look so cute in them :) thanks for linking up to #Picknmix
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Such cute photos! Mine used to love their door bouncer and babies look so cute in them :) thanks for linking up to #Picknmix
ReplyDeleteStevie x
Such cute photos! Mine used to love their door bouncer and babies look so cute in them :) thanks for linking up to #Picknmix
ReplyDeleteStevie x
Such a lovely post, a really precious collection of memories for you to look back on in the future! I love the idea of a bowl of water under the door bouncer, I bet she loves it!! Thankyou so much for lining up with #busydoinglife hope you can join me again tomorrow?!
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