Snuggle Bug is addicted to this Fisher Price aquarium. We've had it in his crib since he was a wee little one.

Whenever he was fussy as a newborn, we'd turn on his aquarium and he'd stare at it intently, calming down almost instantaneously! I'm not sure if it was the motion of the fish swaying back and forth, the water churning around in circles, the light glowing, or the lullaby music/ocean wave sounds playing that kept his attention. It's probably all of those combined. Whatever it was, he's always loved this thing and he often times would fall asleep while watching his fishies.

The tricky part about this contraption is that it has a timer. You push the on button and it'll go for a certain amount of time and then shut off. That was always a bad thing! If Snuggle Bug hadn't yet fallen asleep, he'd cry when the aquarium turned off. I'd have to go back in and turn it on for him again, sometimes several times before it'd finally lull him to sleep.

Well, this morning, for the first time ever, I watched Snuggle Bug figure out how to push the on button (located on the right side of the aquarium) himself! Not only that, he figured out that the other button on the right changes the sound from various lullaby music to ocean waves every time you push it. When he realized I had entered his nursery and was watching him, he turned to me, danced a jig in his crib, and beamed at me proudly!

So, it took him 15 months to figure out how to control his aquarium. Who cares! I'm just thrilled that I'll no longer have to be in another room, listening for the music to stop, ready to jump up and turn it on again!

Ah, the simple pleasures in life!