the bouncy seat

graham in the bouncy seat

jayden in the bouncy seat

helen in the bouncy seat

jillian in the bouncy seat

today, a major milestone has occured at our house.....the bouncy seat is being put away! this is my LAST baby to sit in the bouncy seat! i'm sad.... but also happy at the same time. i am glad to be entering a new phase in our lives... no more newborns! but i am sad to say goodbye too.

i can hum the tune that it plays by heart! .... and the vibrating seat has soothed each newborn many times. i can remember graham's first "taste" of rice cereal from this seat..... i can remember this seat safely placed on the kitchen table so that graham would not try to poke jayden's eyes out..... i can remember helen sitting in the bouncy seat watching her brothers.... and jillian has probably spent the least amount of time in this seat since it was stuck in our air shipment for about 3 weeks.... yet it still reamined a "safe haven" for her away from her sister helen! this bouncy seat has allowed me to take a shower at LEAST every other day when they are newborns... knowing the baby is safe in the seat and entertained for 5 minutes!

yes, this bouncy seat sits a little lower to the ground than when we brought it home almost 7 years ago..... tell me why is the bouncy seat so appealing to a toddler when the baby is not sitting in it? :) ... but i'm going to miss having it around!