Baby boy LOVES to slowly slide his hand across objects…a few popular ones are: his high chair tray, stuffed animals, my shirt, the tile floor, or really anything else that feels good. Because he likes those different textures, I have been trying to find play time sensory activities that would let him explore new textures.
I found this AWESOME idea from Play at Home Moms for colored spaghetti. Seriously…visit that website…SO many good ideas. One evening I could tell the little guy was getting a bit restless, so we pulled out the colored spaghetti and let him go to town! (On a side note, the high chair carpet mat is great for these kinds of activities).
Spaghetti Noodle Sensory Play
Boil the noodles. I chose spaghetti noodles because they were long and harder to eat. That way there was less chance of it turning into a meal rather than a play time.
Add food coloring. As the noodles are boiling drop in a good amount of food coloring.
Drain the noodles. I ran cold water over the noodles also to prevent them from becoming clumps of stickiness.
Play away!
Baby boy liked touching the noodles and trying to pull them apart (like he does with his ribbon). There was a lot of attempts at eating them also (who can blame him!). He enjoyed having them draped over his legs and kicking them around.
A cheap and fun texture activity!
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Bedtime is one of the great mysteries of childhood. Sleep schedules? Sleep training? Huh?? We have been fortunate (knock on wood) to have a little one who is such a good sleeper. The first 9.5 months have been smooth sailing, so we will see what happens from here, but so far so good!
In the quest for a do-able bedtime routine, my husband and I found the following products to be well worth it. Money is no object when it comes to a wake free night in my book!
SleepSack. Swaddle part #2. After the swaddle was done with (around 5 months or so) we switched to a sleep sack. That way baby boy would stay toasty warm at night without needing blankets (which pose a suffocation risk at his age).
Mobile. You know, at first I was hesitant to use it for fear of baby boy becoming too reliant on it, but it ended up being just fine. We didn’t use it every night, but sometimes when he wasn’t feeling up to going to bed, it was a nice distraction. Shall we say…we used it to trick him into going into his crib.
Sound Machine. This also seemed to work well to give him that “in the womb” feel. We still use it now, however I have been thinking of slowly phasing it out. It masks a lot of house noises so he can sleep, and it has also become a nap cue, in that he knows that it is nap time when he hears that sound. There is an app also for white noise when you are on the go: Relax and Sleep.
Video Monitor. #1 shower gift EVER! It is expensive but a group of friends went in on it together. I love, love, love, this thing. I know there is a school of thought that goes against using a video monitor, but I really like it. It has saved us from going into his room to check on him many times. In those early months when you just have to check to see if they’re breathing, you don’t even have to get out of bed to do it! Awesome yo. I never have to guess if he is being really quiet or already sleeping. Get it!
What products have you used that made bedtime smooth sailing?
So the title up there says Update huh? That means I have to update you and be honest about this challenge? Ok..here goes nothing! If you remember, I made a pact with myself to skip the fattening late night snacks and go for fruit or veggies.
It’s like a hurdle. It’s hard to get over, but once you do, you just keep moving on. I was so nervous to start baby boy on finger foods…Is it cut small enough? Does he know how to chew? Is the food soft enough? So around 8.5 months old I just took the leap and
So who else has felt like they are in a baby puree slump?? I do! I read recently that babies never get bored of their puree’s because they don’t know all the wonderful food options out there. It’s the adults that get restless, because they can’t wait to introduce their child to all the exciting
*Tear* *Sniff* It is my last post in my Welcome Home Baby! series! I can’t believe that I successfully pulled off a blog series! It has been a busy week of writing, but I am so glad that I did it. My son is now 9 months old, and I have loved going back and
I think that the stay in the hospital after giving birth may be one of the most welcomed hospital stays ever. There is:
help just around the corner prepared food delivered to your room lactation consultants up the wa-zoo nurses willing to take your newborn for a few hours at night
What good would a blog series about welcoming home a baby be with out a birth story? I’m seriously a sucker for a birth story. Am I the only one? That day is, um, monumental, and I think a small part of each of us wants to share it. I started yesterday in My Epidural
Welcome back! I am spending this week on my blog writing posts for the Welcome Home Baby! series. Here is the run down of the posts that you will be seeing in my corner of the bloggy world this week:
Series Index Packing for the Hospital My Epidural Story (#1) My Epidural Story (#2)
Want to know the #1 topic that I have googled in my whole entire life? Childbirth. Yep. I distinctly remember the week before I gave birth to my son I was worried about some symptoms I was having. It was 4:00am and I am on the computer pouring over my search engine results. Turns out,
That's me, Sarah Eleanor, and here at spoonfedbaby.com you will find my stories and experiences, with raising my son from feeding, schedules, and dirty diapers. Enjoy! Want to have these stories delivered to your inbox?
. Ahhh the swaddle. What 
. Swaddle part #2. After the swaddle was done with (around 5 months or so) we switched to a 
. You know, at first I was hesitant to use it for fear of baby boy becoming too reliant on it, but it ended up being just fine. We didn’t use it every night, but sometimes when he wasn’t feeling up to going to bed, it was a nice distraction. Shall we say…we used it to trick him into going into his crib.
. This also seemed to work well to give him that “in the womb” feel. We still use it now, however I have been thinking of slowly phasing it out. It masks a lot of house noises so he can sleep, and it has also become a nap cue, in that he knows that it is nap time when he hears that sound. There is an app also for white noise when you are on the go: 
. #1 shower gift EVER! It is expensive but a group of friends went in on it together. I 
