(Second post of the day)
How toys have changed in thirty years! And yet certain concepts remain the same. Little e loves to play in her Fisher Price Rainforest Gym, which consists of a bright plastic mat about 32 by 32 inches with two rigid arches going diagonally from corner to corner. Each segment has at least one fabric loop used to suspend a little animal of hard plastic or soft fabric which the baby can bat at as she lies on the mat. (If you want to see one of these mats, check Amazon.). Where the arches intersect in the center is a music box which plays four songs and noises such as bird calls and frogs croaking and which also has two lights that flash. Watching e interact with these toys for five months now we have seen such growth! From those early days of just lying still, watching the lights, her parents talking about the animals, and then her arms and legs moving in seemingly random fashion batting at the animals, to today when she can use one hand then bring up the other to capture the toucan or elephant and even reach overhead to grab the butterflies. It's been an amazing process, seeing the gradual development of strength and coordination. Years ago we had a mobile that hung over the crib, but I don't remember that it was interactive like this.
Another change that I saw just today--e is learning.that to roll from her tummy to her back she cannot have her arms both perpendicular to her body, like wings on an airplane. Today she placed her right arm up alongside her head and lo and behold she rolled right over! Now if she can remember this trick...
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