Bouncy Seat

Annelise has a super awesome bouncy seat that we use as her mobile chair.

She sits in this quite often, especially when she's hanging out with Daddy during the day. The chair has a vibrating feature, which initially, we thought would be crazy intense for her. But she really liked it from the first time we turned it on! It soothed her and used to put her to sleep, or it would just calm her down from whatever she was crying about. It's not quite as effective now that she's a bit older, but she still likes it.

There's also a toy bar on the seat that can be taken on and off. These were her first toys she played with since we didn't buy a whole lot upfront. (She's got lots more toys now thanks to Christmas and generous relatives!) The toy bar has two butterflies that can be pulled to make a birdy in the middle spin. They both have rattles on them, too. Annelise loves to stare at the little birdy! When we spin the birdy by pulling down the butterfly rattles, Annelise watches in amazement. She started to figure out the correlation between pulling the butterfly and the birdy spinning, but she still doesn't quite have the muscle coordination to actually get it down. She'll grab onto the butterfly and kinda swing her arm around. I have to keep showing her how to pull it, but she doesn't quite get it. It's still fun for her, though!

I'm not sure whether she'll figure out how to pull the butterflies hard enough before she outgrows the seat. When she sits up in it properly, her head almost touches the outer edge. But if she slouches down a little, she's still got a couple inches left! :)