More Exersaucer fun.

The Exersaucer remains a big hit around here, with the rattle retaining first place in the toy pantheon. However, man cannot live by creating a godawful racket alone. Sometimes, Jonathan needs to chew on his blocks. He likes to rotate counter-clockwise in the saucer (I have no idea why, or if it is developmentally significant.) So, when he gets tired of the rattle, he generally has to turn about 270 degrees to get to the blocks.

The problem comes when he's almost there and the blocks are bumping up on his elbow. He can see them - they're right there - he can almost taste them! That might be anticipatory drool, or, more likely, his regular drool output. But here's the problem. He hasn't yet figured out that he has to lift up his arm over the blocks. So he keeps rotating and his elbow keeps pushing the blocks further away. The more he pushes, the more they move. He gets so frustrated! Finally, he completes a 360 turn and now the blocks are heaped up on the rattle. Fine, he thinks, I'll play with the rattle. But now he can't get to the rattle because the blocks are in the way.

Right about there is my cue to come and straighten things out.

In other news, he's starting to stay up when I place him in the sitting position. The baby books say he should be "tripoding" first, using his arms to hold himself upright. Unfortunately, Jonathan's got short arms. They don't seem to touch the floor until his nose is touching his kneecaps. Still, it isn't lying down, and it certainly isn't standing - so we'll call it sitting.

The butt occasionally scoots up into the air during tummy time - but only when the face is firmly planted for support. So crawling is still a ways away.