Bounce, Bounce, Bounce

Our daughter has developed a desire to bounce on everything. She bounces on the sofa, our bed, her cot and even the dog's bed and she has nearly fallen off the sofa and our bed with her bouncing. As a result we have have bought her a little something to that she can bounce on to her heart's content. A trampoline.

This trampoline is great and ideal for as a first one. It is small enough to fit in and average size lounge and is designed for a 12m - 36m old child. Our daughter loves it (that is not her in the picture by the way). If she's not bouncing on it she's using it as a sit to eat things off.

I would recommend anyone with a child who likes bouncing to get one. It will save on getting a new bed, cot, sofa or all 3.

Successful Party

Well our daughter is now a year old and we threw her a party on Saturday 7th June to celebrate. She was thoroughly spoilt and loved every minute of it. The weather was great and everyone had a good time.

She was bought lots of garden toys. She was given a swing, slide and a ball pit (that can also become a paddling pool and her ball pit is pink though). She loves that ball pit. We will be getting her a sandpit with the vouchers she received as well.

It is hard to believe that our daughter is 1. She is growing up so fast. She just wants walk everywhere now. She is talking more as well.

She is beautiful.

The Best Newborn Toy Available

As all first time parents do we overspent on all sorts of things for baby, however one of the things we were glad we bought was an Activity Play Mat.

This was a soft, slightly cushioned mat with all sorts of things on. There were squeakers and a mirror under a palm tree leaf. There were dangly things hanging from the spongy poles that clipped to the sides of the mat in opposite corners so they actually crossed.

Our daughter loved it. It was amazing to see how she grew on that mat. At first she was a tiny bundle in the middle and not doing too much, but eventually she grew and was able to reach the dangly things.

She did her first roll onto her belly on that mat and she even started to practice crawling on there too.

That mat is now in the loft waiting to see if anymore babies come along to play. We would recommend one of these mats without hesitation.

Bumbo

As babies get older and stronger they begin to do more (obviously) and they want to do it. When found that our daughter could sit up on her own without falling over we got her a Bumbo chair.

These chairs are made of soft moulded foam that support the child as they sit up. It is not designed for use for long periods in the beginning as your baby will soon get bored and want to move. However they are great to keep baby upright as they learn to keep their balance.

We used ours daily and every time she used it she would smile. She was able to sit up as it was boring lying on her back all day staring at the ceiling.

We also found the chair was actually good for her posture as her back was supported and kept straight rather than having a hunched look about her.

We don' think our daughter would have been able to sit up on her own as quickly as she did without it.