Lillian is just the perfect age to start using my absolutely favorite piece of baby equipment: the baby bouncer. There are many things I’m willing to do without or to substitute for, but the baby bouncer is one of those things I never hope to have to do without.

Lillian wasn’t quite sure what to do with it at first, but by the second time she was swinging from the doorway, she figured it out. She looks so little in the doorway, hopping up and down, with her bright eyes enjoying her wonderful view.

Tonight I put her in the bouncer since she hadn’t had a chance yet today. Both Michael and I had our noses in our computers, so we weren’t really paying direct attention to Lilly. Suddenly Michael pointed out to me that Lillian was fast asleep at her post. Every now and then she would jerk a little, which would make her bounce up and down again, and then she’d doze back off and be motionless again. What a funny little girl! She hadn’t even fussed or gotten grumpy. She just fell asleep.