Ode to the bouncy seat

In the land of babies lies this bouncy seat.  It's not just any seat, it's a magical seat.  It's a seat that has been passed  through the Weiss family, and has made it to Owen :-)

When Owen's Aunts Sara and Laura told me about this seat, I put it in the corner just to use when I take a shower, or to just have a second one when I am upstairs doing laundry or anything else.  We quickly found out that it is worth a million.  It has a vibrating option that is continuous.  Well, Owen is the type of baby who is calmed by the vibration, and wakes up when it stops.  We have another bouncy seat that stops after 30 minutes, which is fine during the day, but when Owen is beside himself in the middle of the night, we need that vibration to last all night long.  After the 11:30ish feeding, he usually goes down in his crib for the rest of the night.

We are trying hard to get Owen to sleep in his crib.  Sometimes it works, and sometimes he needs help.  Some nights when he needs help, we have him in the magical bouncy seat.  We put that vibration on, and drape the nice, heavy blanket that Aunt Sara made him, and tuck him in tight.  The seat is in our room, which tends to be chilly, so the blanket is key.  We tuck it in under the blanket tight so that it does not reach his face.  If incase that does happen, he is upright, so I feel confident that it is not a SIDS concern.

Thank you, Aunt Laura for starting this wonderful trend, and thank you Aunt Sara for stressing how much your youngest, Leah loved it.

Every night I praise that seat.  Because of it, we have not missed out on several hours of our precious sleep.

Below is a picture of what Owen looks like during his difficult time.  It looks like the blanket is half-way up his face, but really it's in the middle of his belly.  It's pulled tight, so the angle makes it look that way.