Baby Bliss & Happiness

Babies are so funny sometimes. For one, they are easily amused and love the simplest things. Right now, my babies are sitting in their little feeding chairs, singing along with “Steve” from “Blues Clues,” rocking back in forth in baby dance mode. Every now and then, a giggle slips out.

It doesn’t take much to make them happy. Something as simple as allowing them the privilege of getting to walk around the coffee table for a bit can make their tiny day (normally playing is reserved for the play-yard.)

Their most favorite show in the whole world is about to come on. They are “Backyardigan’s” number one, two and three fans, in no particular order! Everything stops at my house in triplet-ville when that show comes on our television set.

They have developed a love of music and dancing from watching that show. I know that some mom’s don’t like to let their kids watch the television, but as long as it makes them happy, I don’t mind.

My kids have actually learned something from what they have been watching, too. My husband was very surprised one evening when Kai picked up his jammies, pointed to them, and told us what color they were in Spanish and he was right.

Their new favorite toy is a set of Disney cell phones. They are used to their daddy taking their pictures with his phone, and sometimes he makes it play music and light up to make them happy when they are sad. We were able to find pretty decent toy versions that look like the real thing, and even come close to sounding like the real thing as well!

It’s funny, because each of the cell phones will say something when you flip it open. My kids will actually put it up to their tiny ears, and answer back into the receiver part. Then they will spend some time pretending to take pictures of each other and posing like little hams for their pretend-portraits.

Last week, we discovered that little cars also make them very happy. My eldest has a habit of scouring through his old toys to find new ways to amuse his siblings. He came across a set of old sonic wacky pack toys that are little ladybug shaped cars with some sort of stunt wheel action.

He will put the babies in their feeding chairs and rev the little cars up and set them on their trays so that they can watch them go and when they hit the edge of the tray, these cars flip over and keep on going which delights the babies to no end!

Teddy grahams are also a lot of fun to play with. I have caught the babies dancing their teddy grahams around on their feeding tray during tea-time when they should have been eating them. These also make great take-along friends when on outings in the stroller. Luckily, they haven’t any problem eating their tiny graham-flavored friends when hungry (we haven’t exactly reached that attachment stage yet, thankfully!)

Well, it’s almost triplet naptime at my house. Soon I will take my tiny trio into their nursery one by one and put them into their tiny cribs. Kian will insist upon sleeping with his Elmo car and his big brother’s red jeopardy-like buzzer (it buzzes when he rolls over onto it in his sleep, but he doesn’t mind,) his Valentine’s teddy, a rather realistic bat doll, and his baby Elmo that has a pacifier.

Kai will have to have his wubbie blue blankie square to use as a pillow, and his valentine’s day teddy bear and Easter sheep on either side of him for his nap-time happiness, and his Mickey Mouse baby and Bernard the woolly mammoth doll all in place as well.

Vivie will want me to make sure that Princess Piggy Pillow is at the end of her crib, and that Baby (her Madame Alexander Huggums dollie) is covered and next to her tiny mummy, and that her Valentine Bear named “Kitty Cat” is in one top corner, and that Easter Bunny is sitting in the opposite corner before she can take her nap.

I know it may sound silly, but it makes them happy. As a mummy, I don’t mind doing anything that will make their day easier and happier! Achieving a state of baby bliss is paramount for maintaining mumsie sanity.