friday's magic

[magicicada]

yah, the whole consonant thing is still making me pretty happy. the highlight of today was when h_postmortemus and i went to crystal palace and then babies r us with sylvia. crystal palace was tasty as usual and we both felt absolutely stuffed when we left. we then went just down the road to babies r us to investigate convertible car seats. we promised we would not purchase one, but only do research today and we held strong - but we did buy more toys :). for the curious, we are strongly leaning towards the cosco alpha omega. it seems like a nice seat, the seven year warranty is stunning and it should last sylvia till she's just about out of booster seat range. during the time we were looking at all of the carseats, our faithful model was sleeping. as h_postmortemus were taking a rest in the glider compound, our princess woke up quite upset. it had been quite a while till she had eaten so i settled in to nurse her in the glider. this was by far my most pleasantly decadent nursing experience. h_postmortemus and i are sitting in our gliders, just watching the crowds go by, as sylvia munches contentedly. it got even better when h_postmortemus went for fruity drinks. ok, it was orange juice, but it counts. sylvia has continued her exploration of consonants. she's gotten 'm' pretty well down, she's also been heard working on 'b' 'n' and a brief exploration of 'd' and yes, dada was listening and happy :).
toys acquired include: a set of plastic keys much lighter than the ones we have and thus more useful, a soft sorter cube, a mirror board book and a 'giggle pet lamb' which makes sylvia laugh out loud. it was really fun shopping for toys with her active cooperation. we'd shake one toy in front of her and then the other. every time, the lamb would win. SOLD!
we thought that sylvia would fall asleep on the way home, but instead she started crying louder and louder. this has happened before on nighttime drives and i'm wondering if she gets upset that she can't see outside. we tried singing all her favorite songs, but in the end i just had to drive and know when we got home i could hug her. and indeed, when we got home and hugged, snuggled and showed her the giggle lamb, all was well. we decided to get back to the routine and give her a bath. she's sleeping in her crib again. heaven knows for how long, but we continue to make progress

Comments

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

Where is Crystal Palace? I'm always on the lookout for good Chinese places, but don't recall that name, nor can I think off-hand where there's a Babys 'R' Us around (not that I've ever looked for one).

[gardenwaltz.livejournal.com]

ok, rewind. i am bad at directions, but i shall attempt this. crystal palace and babies r' us are both on capital. as they are on the opposite end of town from us, we tend to find excuses to visit one when we're visiting the other. from lynn (spring forest) turn right, not too far after where us 1 splits off, crystal palace will be on your right. it's at one of the iterations of buffaloe road. further down the road, babies r us is also on the right, in the same shopping complex as chuck e cheese which is significant because of the goofy turret structure. (all of this is in raleigh, not sure where you're starting from.)

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

I'm in northwest Raleigh, so I'd probably take 540 to Capital. Sounds like that would put it on the left shortly after Chuck E Cheese's. I'll have to give it a try next time I'm out that way.

[loucheroo.livejournal.com]

Sarah went through a period like that. She was furious (and maybe a little scared?) because she couldn't see anything. Did NOT like darkness in the car.... she did outgrow it, eventually..... I don't recally it taking that long.

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

Anna went through a similar phase and it didn't last long. It was also helped by turning on an interior light (back seat light if you have one) and a toy. She went through this phase when we were commuting back and forth between Port St. Lucie and Miami. A light and toy did the trick till she fell asleep.

Check the safety bulletins (nhtsa.gov?) about that seat. It was one of our choices too, but at the time there was a recall. I don't remember exactly how it worked but one of the seats we were considering was made by Eddie Bauer but not labeled Eddie Bauer and had a recall on it. I'm sure a year later the problem has been fixed but just check to be sure.