The Swing

So far, every time I talk to an experienced mom (mine included) about a fussy baby, there is almost always the same reaction - “does he like the swing?” We received a great swing as a shower gift (thanks Sarah). I put it together, along with everything else, months ago. So, the second week of Logan's life, I tried the swing. He was already upset when I put him in it and the 5 point harness and I were not getting along. It was not a good experience. Matt and I tried again over Thanksgiving, but again, he was already upset so it did not go well then either. There was a large plastic tray on the swing that was an extra speed-bump to getting Logan in the swing smoothly. I waited for Matt to get the tray off before I tried it again. Matt was able to do so Sunday.

He has a newborn rocker (which you have seen a million pictures of him in it below) and he enjoys when I rock it for him. Given that, I was convinced that Logan would like the swing. My plan was to put him in when he was calm. Now that he is spending more and more hours during the day awake, I got my chance Tuesday morning. Below are a series of pictures taken in the first 3 minutes he was in the swing.

Doing good so far . . .

Checking out the mobile and 3 seconds later . . .

Get me out of here!

I am hoping he was just in a mood to be held. I plan on continuing to try to get him in the swing. I think he may need some time to adjust.