Push!
Selina learned a new trick today, she learned how to “push”. What I decided to do is make a game of her pushing her feet off of a solid object. But to make it more fun for both of us, she pushes off of my hands as she is lying down. So I’ve been encouraging her by saying, “Push!” and then when she pushes, I encourage her and praise her. So now we are sort of in sync, although she gets tired after a bit.
No it isn’t tummy time, but at least she’s getting some exercise.
I did figure out a way to distract her while she’s doing tummy time. She has one of those play mats with hanging doodads and on one end, it has a plastic mirror and a ball rattle. So I folded it up so the mirror pointed up so she could see it, and then laid her over my leg, so she is effectively kneeling over my leg. She’s got her head up, she’s busy looking at the mirror and the next thing you know, 5 minutes passed by. Yeah it’s not that long, but it’s pretty good for her, she gets annoyed after 30 seconds, or at least it feels that way.
Yeah, I’m a weird mama.
