26 March 2006
Over the last week, Raina has been visited by BOTH sets of grandparents, and she was a lovely, well-behaved baby with both. Thank goodness.
Eric and I brainstormed what we could do with Raina today. We decided to take her to a baby friendly park. We didn't really know how to find one, so we just chose Stacy Park and went. We lucked out -- toddler friendly, woohoo! Raina, however, is not a toddler, and she's mostly scared of the outdoors because she hasn't spent much time there and there's SO MUCH to SEE and SMELL and HEAR!!! It's overwhelming. Anyway, we tried various things to see if Raina would like them: the merry go round, the slides, the baby swings, a group swing. Nothing really worked until we went to an area with widgets that we moved based on turning a knob. She liked that because she could turn the knob AND be held by a parent. We were about to leave but didn't really want to because it was nice out and we had driven all the way there only to spend 10 minutes. So we hung around and Raina watched other kids play. I think it just took some getting used to. After that, we tried the slides again. With a little bit of encouragement, we found an excited baby. She finally smiled and then squealed and overall expressed enthusiasm for the slide and the anticipation of sliding. Raina had fun, and we had fun doing something non-routine. We look forward to having a slightly older baby who can do all these things immediately. And we look forward to being a part of the Sunday cadre of parents and kids who regularly go to the park. Oh, to have friends!
Eric and I brainstormed what we could do with Raina today. We decided to take her to a baby friendly park. We didn't really know how to find one, so we just chose Stacy Park and went. We lucked out -- toddler friendly, woohoo! Raina, however, is not a toddler, and she's mostly scared of the outdoors because she hasn't spent much time there and there's SO MUCH to SEE and SMELL and HEAR!!! It's overwhelming. Anyway, we tried various things to see if Raina would like them: the merry go round, the slides, the baby swings, a group swing. Nothing really worked until we went to an area with widgets that we moved based on turning a knob. She liked that because she could turn the knob AND be held by a parent. We were about to leave but didn't really want to because it was nice out and we had driven all the way there only to spend 10 minutes. So we hung around and Raina watched other kids play. I think it just took some getting used to. After that, we tried the slides again. With a little bit of encouragement, we found an excited baby. She finally smiled and then squealed and overall expressed enthusiasm for the slide and the anticipation of sliding. Raina had fun, and we had fun doing something non-routine. We look forward to having a slightly older baby who can do all these things immediately. And we look forward to being a part of the Sunday cadre of parents and kids who regularly go to the park. Oh, to have friends!
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