High contrast image does it again.
Written on December 21, 2005 by Kevin.
Earlier this month, I made a post entitled, "High Contrast Fun" where I explained how well my images that I have printed out have worked with Rylan. He continues to love his mobile decorated in these images and recently we took it one step further and moved the image out to the car.
Rylan does pretty well in the car and will sleep or altbeast be calm for the majority of a trip but there are certainly days where this is not the case. Understanding that Rylan seems to be able to stare at these images for a long period of time, we figured it may work the same in the car. This time we printed out the Mickey Mouse image and tied it up so Rylan could look forward at it. Our findings show that this works well. Rylan can now focus on the image while we are driving and we notice that the reason why he is so quite is likely because he is gazing into the image. My wife thinks he stares at it simply because it is Mickey but I am not so certain of that.
We look forward to finding additional things that Rylan can focus on while we are driving or doing other necessary things. Any suggestions?
While our daughter was in a rear facing car seat we had one parent sit in the back seat with her to keep her engaged. Soft toys were used when that wasn't possible, but at 11 months she began crying if a parent wasn't next to her. Thankfully, a few weeks later she weighed enough to turn the seat forward (although, the safest option is to keep Rylan rear facing as long as possible).
How and where does the Mickey Mouse image attach? Is it a mobile or static image?
Here is a spiel from my wife...
Some mobiles attach to the handle of an infant carrier while the handle is in an upright position. That's fine when propped in a shopping cart, but a handle should not be in an upright position while driving because the force of an impact may project the child away from the seat and into the handle and mobile. An appropriate car entertainment system is securely attached to the back of the seat for the infant to look or interact with.
BTW, our daughter was recently given a Cabbage Patch doll named Rylee.
Written by AJ on Dec 22, 2005 09:13 AM
The image is actually attached to a small loop of leather that is on the middle pulldown of the back seat. It keeps it within 18 inches of his view but far enough that he couldnt reach it, even months from now.
We are very much looking forward to the day when we can turn him around and have him facing us. It does seem that when he cannot see us, he can get scared/irritated and begin to cry.
Written by Kevin on Dec 22, 2005 09:30 AM