My little musician

Less than 1 mile from our house, the Fox Library houses a resale shop of children’s clothing, toys & gear.  Clothing is in good condition, and generally between $2-$3 per piece.  Toys are generally in that range, or less. It’s a great store, and the proceeds go to a good cause (i.e., the Fox Library).

Mommy’s latest find is a xylophone.  Abi is enjoying it, and indeed learned to hit the keys very quickly.

Perhaps Mommy hopes that Abi will inherit Daddy’s musical talents – or perhaps Mommy is just a big fan of Rowlf the Dog.

More feeding news

Mommy has been trying to get to the bottom of Abi’s feeding issues.  Today, Mommy spoke to a lactation consultant, who pointed out that milk supply is a function of demand.  (The more milk that’s called for, the more that’s made.)  Since Abi is now fascinated (distracted) by her environment, she may be eating less, and hence Mommy is making less milk.  As an experiment, Mommy had Abi eat more frequently, and Mommy noticed that she was making more milk.  Also, to keep Abi entertained while eating (to prevent distraction from the environment), Abi now eats sitting up, facing Mommy, like a big girl.  Singing to her also caused her to tune out the environment a bit.  She definitely ate longer.  Mommy has also tried to put a wrap (very light cotton towel) over Abi’s head so that she cannot see her environment while eating, but Abi gets out of it.  We’ll see how tonight goes.

In other news, Abi now turns over very, very easily.  Front to back, and back to front. She also stood up today by herself, just by holding onto Mommy’s or Daddy’s shirt (once with each parent).  Go Abi!

Poor Daddy

Daddy has been changing Abi’s diapers since she was born, and has been a great sport about it.  The first traumatic poopy happened the day we came home from the hospital.  I was alseep, and Abi had a huge poopy.  It was so big that it got into her hair.  Grandma cleaned her up with Daddy’s help, and Daddy survived the trauma.  Today, Daddy faced yet another big hurdle, and this time all on his own.  Abi had the first solidish poopy from her cereal, again while Mommy was sleeping.  Daddy cleaned her up.  Go Daddy!

Does anyone have a broken keyboard that you no longer use

Abi loves electronics – the more valuable the better.  It thus occured to me that a broken, no longer working keyboard might be a great toy.  Please let me know if you have one such keyboard.