Julien wants to play!

I had put Julien in the Baby Einstein Sitter to keep him seated while I was ironing. These days, he is a tough customer and would just bawl his head off if I put him lying down if he doesn't fancy it. So, to save myself grief, I thought the Sitter would do, even  if he is still too small to touch everything or appreciate it.

I stopped at one point to check on Jules and he was just sitting there, staring at me. I showed him how some of the toys work, then went back to ironing. Imagine my surprise when I saw him grabbing on to one of the toys when I next checked on him.

I watched him for a bit and saw how he had stretched himself forward to grab the toy with both his hands. It was a toy that had a bird perched on a plastic vine; the bird, when pushed, can rotate on its branch. I had shown Julien that just now, and as I watched him, he was first grabbing the curly plastic vine, and slowly seemed to have worked out that the bird is the movable part. I saw him stretch out his hands to try to grab the bird. And at one point, he managed to touch it, giving it a little nudge. The bird did a half turn and Julien watched it all. 

THAT was a really amazing moment for me, as I felt a sense of pure joy just shoot through me. My boy has just shown me that he wants to play with his toys and can learn how to, once shown how to do it. Amazing! This is just the kind of "first" moments that I have always wanted to catch as a SAHM - Wow! I put aside the ironing and played with Julien for a bit, showing him how the other toys work. But he was unable to do more, simply because he is still too small and could not really reach all the toys. 

Still, it was a precious moment. And the Baby Einstein Sitter had proven its worth - Julien was happily occupied in it and I could do some ironing. I am now looking forward to him growing and being able to sit and play in it properly. And growing and growing... and before we know it, we will be reading, watching movies and going to museums together! I can't wait! :)