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The Baby. SHE ROLLS OVER.
Well, one way at least. Once she gets onto her belly she has no idea what to do aside from look around and squeak. The squeaks gradually turn into squawks which eventually turn into screams. I’ll roll her back over, saving her from her misery and she repays me by rolling back over.
I’m trying really hard to be happy for her. Yay! You’re mobile! You figured out how to roll over! But in reality, I’m so sad. For so many reasons. Her tiny babyhood has been so wonderful. I’m not ready for it to be over. With one tiny roll a proverbial snowball has been sent down a hill, and it’s only going to pick up force and speed.
A lot of baby-proofing has already occurred. But we’re about to move into the bonkers part of baby-proofing, realizing what the baby can reach, get into, swallow, gag, bonk or choke on that we never thought of. We were never obsessive baby-proofers with Addie and she survived. Hopefully Vivi will too.
Then there’s the sleeping thing. Once babies can roll over they roll over all. the. time. Including when they’re *supposed* to be asleep. Sure she’s all tied up in the Woombie but this baby, she’s tricky. (This is where I thank my lucky stars that we have a video monitor and I can mercilessly spy on my supposedly sleeping baby.)
It’s become so obvious how quickly this tiny baby phase passes. Especially as I look at photos of newborns being posted to Facebook almost daily. Smiling, rolling, crawling, standing, walking, COLLEGE. So there’s a few more things in there, but you get my point right?
Is this a second child thing?
Because it’s making me weepy.
And want another baby.
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Marta commented on Sep 29 11 at 11:56 amI want another too. I know exactly what you mean. We’re crazy people.
Ami commented on Sep 29 11 at 12:01 pmRolling over today, sneaking out of the house to meet her boyfriend tomorrow. Sigh. It’s enough to make you frantically stalk your offspring like paparazzi on speed, trying to capture every. single. moment.
(On the whole babyproofing front, the hardest part will be making sure the baby doesn’t ingest or choke on the six year old’s crap. And sadly, the aforementioned crap seems to magically spawn offspring, making it impossible to really clean a room.
redpenmamapgh commented on Sep 29 11 at 12:08 pmDo like I do: Pray the crawling stage lasts forever. Didn’t work with my younger daughter, but so far, is working with her younger brother. He gets around just fine.
Also, I knock him (gently) on his butt when ever he stands on his own, even if it’s just for 2 seconds.
DExtraordinaire commented on Sep 29 11 at 1:00 pmTell her to slow down, she doesn’t need to grow up so fast. Maybe make Addie just lay on the floor next to her so she doesn’t see her mobile sister and get crazy ideas….okay, okay I sound crazy.
Jamie (@chosenchaos) commented on Oct 04 11 at 11:50 pmI think I will always want another baby. We have one girl on the move and the other just happy to sit. People keep telling her to get a move on and then I sweep in and whisper in her ear that she can sit there as long as she wants.
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