Almost Crawling!
This morning I witnessed something that I have been warned is coming. As I munched on an unsatisfying breakfast of stale toast slathered in margarine, I watched Lainey scoot right over to the entertainment center in her walker and proceed to knock my video games off the lower shelf, one by one. She swatted wildly at the cases, hoping to get a good grip on just one so that she could cover it in slobber. I immediately started looking around and realized that in a few short months, I was going to have to change quite a few things around the house.
Not too long ago, it was safe to leave Lainey alone for a moment. Now, even though she isn’t quite crawling, she still finds a way to move around. She uses a clever little routine where she thrusts back and forth, pumping her legs like she’s trying to gain momentum, then finally she bursts forward, a few inches at a time. Then she counters that little move with a flop onto her back and another roll over onto her stomach. Each time she moves maybe a foot in whatever direction.
Now that she is somewhat mobile, I have really started to pay attention to all the things I have lying around the house that can kill her. Step ladders, metal decorations on low lying shelves, electrical sockets and chemicals… It’s pretty annoying to think that I have to either find new places for all our stuff or lock it all up one way or the other. It is fun to see her learning new tricks and getting bigger though. Before I know it she’ll be walking and back talking. Good times.
Here’s a nice video of Lainey performing some of those moves I mentioned above:
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