ExerSaucer

On Christmas morning Beck woke up to find this beauty under his Christmas tree.

After going back and forth about whether or not to put it together, and if so how we'd get it home from Henderson, we decided to go ahead and try it out. Surely it wouldn't be that hard to put together and I wanted to see how Beck did in it. 3 screwdrivers, 9 AA batteries, 15 GD's and one break up later, wa-la! We have an ExerSaucer!!!

I thought Beck would really like it. He loves standing up and he's getting in to playing with toys so it seemed like it would be the perfect fit.

Well, he doesn't really like it. He LOVES it! He goes crazy in it! He loves all the toys with the exception of the alligator- in his defense, it does suck. He'll slam himself back and forth with excitement, he is so funny to watch in it. He just smiles and laughs and gives himself whiplash.

Oh and sometimes the butterfly pictured below slams into his head. Like I've said before, we're not raising a wuss.

According to EvenFlo, all the toys and stimulation helps babies achieve 10 developmental milestones. For instance, reaching for the toys helps hand eye coordination, being able to stretch out his legs helps when beginning to stand, not being held by me or Seth helps his independence, being surrounded by animals will acclimate him to any future trips to the Amazon rain forest and peaks his interest in environmental issues...

putting a dragonfly in your mouth helps hand mouth coordination when eating, the fun he has in it puts him in a good mood and I'm pretty sure all the exercise will drop his 40 time significantly. Who needs Harvard when you've got a EvenFlo ExerSaucer Triple Fun

Jungle??

Here's a picture of my sister 27 years ago in her ExerSaucer. Which developmental milestones do you think she missed out on???

.... clearly not Harvard bound...