Ashley rolled over for the first time yesterday on her own. From her stomach to her back, which now means no more tummy time probably since she hates it so much due to acid reflux. She will just roll over now if she wants. I will post the video in a few days. Next one is back to belly which I think is a way off.

Yesterday was the first time going on a long trip with Ashley inculding a flight. It went better than I expected. No crying really, except for some begining fussiness whining a few times. We even got some time for entertainment! Thankfully didn’t have to change Ashley in flight, but almost did. She pooped right as we began our decent. So mom was breastfeeding a poopy baby as we landed. But really, it was uneventful, thank god.

Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing found this ’supposed’ baby bath on sale at John Lewis on London’s Oxford Street. It’s apparently a bucket which the instructions refer to as “womb-shaped” that you are supposed to wash your baby in. The unfortunate reality of this contraption is that it brings on a whole bunch of horrible, bad parent thoughts, like, Baby blender, Baby soup maker, Baby crock pot, and a general water torture device. In some respects this does actually look like a decent idea, sort of. But the “ways to kill my baby” imagery is a bit too much for me. Also I would think it gets harder to wash your baby as you move down the body?

I think an AWESOME addon/mod for this would be a whirlpool feature, so you can actually look like you are blending your baby. Add some red food coloring, or green if you want to pretend you have an alien child.

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Are you an absentee parent? Do you want to fake your infant into a false sense of you actually being around? This product is for you then. It saves you from having to chop off your own hands by simulating your hands via big giant stuffed pillow hands that can hod your baby for you. Although these things probably work well, like any pillow would, there is something creepy about having a disembodied hand holding my baby. Aside from the fact that you are not supposed to leave an infant unattended with a smother device, LIKE A PILLOW… If your gonna leave your child alone, commit to it! Don’t do it half way by lying to them. You will do it enough when they are older…
via pregnancy store

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