The Itchy, Uncomfortable, Choking Hazard & some play time

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for a friend’s 3 year old and the theme was a Princess party. Luckily, someone had given us an adorable, frilly pink dress in size 3 months when Z was born and we finally had an excuse to wear it! It had been sitting in the closet with the tags on and I thought there was no way she’ll ever get to wear it. So perfect timing, huh? So we squeezed the dress on her… It barely fit over her head and barely got the arms in. The little bloomers that go under it were pretty big on her but the dresses arm holes were almost too small for her. She was just too adorable with this little dress on.

Now, I am not going to lie, It made me feel like The Worst Mother Ever putting her into this dress. Why? Because it was so itchy. It was not soft. It had Tiny Little Choking Hazards (aka small pearl-ish beads) all over it. And apparently these Little Choking Hazards DO come off because there was a little plastic bag with some extra beads attached to the tag on the dress. You know, just in case one falls off the dress and chokes your child, you will be able to REPLACE the Choking Hazard with a new one.

I’m sure I’m over reacting.. I just hate those frilly, itchy dresses and I felt so bad for putting my own child in one. But she WAS stinkin’ cute.. and I guess that’s the important part.

After the party we headed over to a friend of mine’s house and there just happened to be a Baby Einstein Jumperoo there so we decided to just toss Z in there for shits ‘n giggles to see what happened. I totally expected lots of screaming and tears. I was preparing myself for when Gene put her in it.. But to our surprise, she LOVED it!

She stayed in it for a good 20 minutes, if not longer. So, because Z asked me to (in baby language that is.. I’m pretty sure it went something like this: Gooo Gaaahh Geeee Gooo Gooo Gooo Gahh Gahh Gahh Gee Goo Gah), I quickly called Grandma and told her that Z would really like a Jumpertoo to play in. She really did enjoy it and seemed so interested by all of the colors and toys on it. It was fun to see her try something new and you could just tell all of the wheels were turning in her head as she was seeing something new and learning something new.

I could do this parenting thing 10 more times. I love, love, love it. And I love, love, love Z! She is my little peanut and the light of my life.