A typical Sunday conversation in the Bevins household (yesterday, it just happened to be during the Vikings vs Cardinals football game): Carter: "Is that the green team?" Bobbie: "No honey, that's the purple team; the Vikings. We don't like the purple team. The green team is the Packers." Carter: "We like the green team, right?" Bobbie: "Yes, we like the green team, the Packers." Ryan: "No, we like the blue team. The blue team is the Bears. We like the Bears." Carter (who is sitting right beside me): "No, we like the green team, right Mom? Yup, the green team." Score one for Mom this week. Next week will probably be the opposite. My fear is that if Ryan and I keep pulling him back and forth in trying to influence his team preference, he'll completely rebel and become a Vikings fan. That would be a tragedy. Purple does not mix well with blue and green.
In other news, the twins have started rolling. Zac quickly and easily rolls from tummy to back. Sam does the opposite - back to tummy. Both are pretty proud of themselves when they do it. I don't blame them. I'm usually pretty proud of myself when I manage to roll over to get out of bed in the morning. My concern is that Sam has hence started to roll onto his tummy while sleeping. Since the "rule" is to always have babies sleep on their backs, do we start using a sleep positioner, or do we just let him sleep on his tummy? In my experience, babies tend to sleep better on their tummies, and since we could definitely use all the extra sleep we can get, I think maybe we'll just leave him alone.
When Carter was a baby and started teething, he would wake up in the middle of the night screaming and inconsolable. We discovered that a dose of Tylenol and turning on the movie
Barnyard was a cure all. Once the movie started, all crying would cease and he'd be completely tuned in to the movie. All I could figure at the time was that the bright colors of the cartoon intrigued him. Luckily, it was also a movie that adults are able to enjoy. He still likes that movie today. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Ryan recently made a similar discovery with Zac. What disturbs me is not that he found another TV show to mesmerize and calm our child (Hey- whatever works, right? Especially if it's 2 a.m.), but the particular show that does the trick. Have you ever happened to see Yo Gabba Gabba? If not, you're lucky. If you have, do you agree that the show is slightly disturbing? Indescribably strange-looking characters dancing and singing. Don't get me wrong, I understand the appeal for babies - bright colors, repetitive songs, and - as Ryan calls them - fat beats. :) However, this is a person who intentionally never tuned into Barney or Teletubbies with her first child in order to avoid the annoyance of strange, brightly-colored, sing-songy characters. But like I said, desperate sleep-deprived parents will do just about anything to silence the crying. I may have to invest in some spa-like music to play through headphones whenever a situation calls for the Gabbas. Mom will need a calming method to distract me from crying too.
Barnyard was a cure all. Once the movie started, all crying would cease and he'd be completely tuned in to the movie. All I could figure at the time was that the bright colors of the cartoon intrigued him. Luckily, it was also a movie that adults are able to enjoy. He still likes that movie today. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Ryan recently made a similar discovery with Zac. What disturbs me is not that he found another TV show to mesmerize and calm our child (Hey- whatever works, right? Especially if it's 2 a.m.), but the particular show that does the trick. Have you ever happened to see Yo Gabba Gabba? If not, you're lucky. If you have, do you agree that the show is slightly disturbing? Indescribably strange-looking characters dancing and singing. Don't get me wrong, I understand the appeal for babies - bright colors, repetitive songs, and - as Ryan calls them - fat beats. :) However, this is a person who intentionally never tuned into Barney or Teletubbies with her first child in order to avoid the annoyance of strange, brightly-colored, sing-songy characters. But like I said, desperate sleep-deprived parents will do just about anything to silence the crying. I may have to invest in some spa-like music to play through headphones whenever a situation calls for the Gabbas. Mom will need a calming method to distract me from crying too.
So glad you finally have a blog so we can keep up with you and the boys! And I totally understand your Yo Gabba Gabba pain. I hate it when I find myself singing, "Don't bite your friends." :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! I say whatever works but that gabba gabba stuff sounds painful...do not count on aunt Rachy to put that little gem on ;). And no...there will be no purple :)
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