Yoga and Walkers

Since the classes are pretty expensive, I went ahead and bought the Itsy Bitsy Yoga book.  Breathe Books on The Avenue had it, and we were out wandering around down there the other day enjoying the sunny, 45 degree weather.  I flipped through the book the first few days just looking at the poses and then started at the beginning this morning.  One of the first things I'm reading is: "the natural movement babies need to experience is being reduced with the overuse of confining  baby-holding devices such as infant car seats, walkers, seated activity centers, and strollers."  Of course I just bought a walker last night...I wanted the Jeep Renegade one because I thought it was the coolest so I started scouring Craig's List.  There were none in Baltimore but I found one in Herndon for $30 and since my friend Max lives there, I begged him to pick it up and bring it with him next time he visited.  He was kind enough to oblige and now Hannah has a new toy.  Check her out:

There's not a whole lot of floor space for her to "drive" around on, but I figured it'd be a fun way to start practicing moving and also, it provides me someplace else to put her when I need to do the dishes,  just in case the high chair gets old.

I'm going to assume that the key word in that quoted sentence is "overuse" and will make sure I provide her with plenty of unrestricted movement time to offset any of her driving time....Also, this supports my belief that she hates her car seat and stroller because it's confining. 

Sleeping is going okay though last night she was up at 10, 11, 12, and 4 before waking up at 7.  So naturally I feel like a crackhead today.  Not sure why she's taken to waking up repeatedly, but bedtime is going well and she always goes back to sleep pretty quickly and easily when waking up and she hasn't eaten at night in like a week now so we've definitely made some progress.

In other news, my staycation is over and I have to go back to work tomorrow.  I'm bummed.....ugh.