I also have developed a keen sense of hearing for trouble. Generally trouble involves her sticking something in her mouth she shouldn't. If she finds something other than food to stick in her mouth she just gums it rather than trying to swallow it. She also makes a particular umm umm sound while chewing so I can almost always tell if she has something in her mouth she shouldn't. Even if she's in another room. Removing items from her mouth almost always results in her pitching a bit of a fit since she wants to keep the item and really hates me prying open her little jaws and digging in her mouth.
We've said Hello to a few new items around our house. Our first new item 
Our other new item is a new carseat. I knew Greta would be out of her old car seat before we knew it so I wanted to get her new carseat ASAP. She's not near the weight limit of her current car seat but she is approaching the height limit. I found a super good deal (on eBay) on a Britax Diplomat which is their compact car seat so it fits very nicely in our car. I installed it today and am very pleased with it. Greta has yet to take her first ride so we'll wait for her to pass judgment on it. Had I not gotten the Britax seat we really liked the Graco Nautilus. If for some reason we need an additional seat for Graham's car we'll get that one.
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We love our Britax, too. I thought that the Roundabout was their smallest. (That's what we have!) No great deals on ebay, though.
Luke has a Britax Roundabout (Aidan's previously) and I just bought Aidan the Britax Frontier. I love both of these carseats!!!
Wow, Greta land legs are better than Lukes. He is just now really starting to cruise around things, but he refuses to walk behind his push car. He promptly sits down.
When Greta puts things in her mouth, have you tried asking her to give it you you? We tell Luke, "Bleh!!!" and he has learned to remove whatever he has (paper, plastic,...) and hand it to us. If it something tasty or something he REALLY wants though, he refuses. It is just sooooo cute when he is willing to take it out and hands it to us with a big grin on his face:)
The Diplomat is basically the deluxe version of the Roundabout. It has a multi-positional harness (which I LOVE) and the side impact testing. It's comparable to the Boulevard (as far as features), just not as big. As far as size wise the Roundabout is 1/2 an inch smaller in length and width than the Diplomat but a 1/2 in larger in depth.
Rachel, I too like the Frontier. That's in the running for her next car seat when she outgrows this one at 40lbs. I know at that point they can move to just a booster but I like the idea of her having the 5 point harness still.
Good idea about asking her to give it to us. Even if she doesn't want to at first, hopefully she'll get the idea and it won't be as big of a struggle. This morning she decided to chew on a coreopsis bloom. Yick!
We sprang for a Britax Roundabout for Lydia and have LOVED it. She recently had to give it up for Lauren and she isnt' too pleased with her replacement (a carseat I picked up for $5 in our neighborhood yard sale). Can't say I blame her, but I wasn't quite ready for her just to use the booster (that I had already purchased on sale) since I wanted her to have the 5 point a little while longer.
What do families do when their kids are born really close together?!
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