After hearing some glowing reviews from other parents, we tamped down our fear of large plastic monstrosities and Lu got an exersaucer from her grandparents for Christmas. When we first put it together, I almost had a panic attack from overstimulation, but Lu (fortunately) didn't seem similarly affected. Apparently she's a little more even-keeled than I am.
She's been warming up to it slowly, hanging out in the kitchen while Shaggy does the dishes, or standing/sitting in it while he plays guitar. She likes to bat at the thing that spins and rattles, and she's started to get the hang of moving side to side and up and down.
Last weekend, we finally got around to putting some batteries in a few of the many items that make some sort of noise. One of those is a long tube like thing with three buttons and a dog handle with delightfully chewable ears--Lucy was already having a pretty good time chewing and rattling that one as it was, but when she accidentally hit the button with her elbow for the first time, and it played a little ditty and lit up with colors, she was mesmerized. She did it again, and it sang and lit up again. She smiled at it, then looked over at Shaggy and I watching her from the couch with a wide-mouthed look that said: "Did you guys see that?" Then Shaggy said, "That face was almost worth how annoying this is going to be."
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