Gordita’s Baby Bouncer Experience

Between the two cats Gordita has been the one that has been the most curious about the baby’s big toys, while Stitch has learned he’s not allowed to sleep in the crib, the travel crib he often get’s some fun batting one of her baby sensory balls around. But Gordita, she thinks she’s a human thus she must give the human things a try.

You already know from the last entry that she’s jumped in the baby swing. She didn’t seem too fond of the swinging motion. Perhaps if it was more of a gentle glide than a fast swing she would enjoy it more. If she had asked I would have put it on setting one for her, but she is way beyond asking for things at her almost 12 years of age.

Today Gordita decided to take a nap in the baby bouncer. Baby Jackelyn (by the way I’m so tired of trying to remember what nicknames I’ve given the children and all their names are in my old blog anyway to might as well continue) discovered her first. I heard a baby squeal of delight and turned away from my computer to the sight of Baby Jackelyn squatting next to the bouncer and a no longer sleeping Gordita.

Baby Jackelyn stood up and started bouncing the seat for Gordita. She must remember how much fun she had bouncing and wanted to make sure that Gordita didn’t miss out on the fun. Gordita turned her neck to glare at me with a look of “Why?” in her eyes. Stitch sat on the window sill looking at the situation and I’m fairly certain he was laughing. He was sun bathing and he seemed to enjoy watching Gordita’s misery from his sunny perch.

Gordita, of course, is trying to redeem herself as a good cat (she had a scratching incident and scared the baby for a while afterward) so she politely accepted the bounce ride. Baby Jackelyn finally got distracted by some other thing (believe it or not some tissue paper on the ground) and left Gordita alone.

Amazingly, to me at least, Gordita decided to continue her nap in the bouncer. Will Gordita ever learn that the baby thinks she’s a cat and only wants her fellow felines to enjoy the things she finds enjoyable? Maybe … especially since I think Gordita is beyond learning the lesson that she’s actually a cat.

Here is a photo of Baby Jackelyn bouncing Gordita, and Gordita giving me the look. I think it’s precious. If you look in the top right corner you can see Stitch’s tail. I couldn’t capture his look of delight.