Balancing Act
I’ve got two kids. The oldest, now 3.5 years, didn’t like not being able to move. When he could roll, he wanted to crawl. When he could crawl, he wanted to walk. And as soon as he was walking he wanted to run and climb and jump.
Our youngest, 11 months today, is a different story. He never was a “holy roller” like his brother. For a long time he preferred to army crawl as opposed to regular crawling. It took some encouragement from another boy his age before he started pulling himself up on things about a month ago. The latest development is when the fun (and “fun”) start happening.
Just yesterday, having pulled himself up on things, he started letting go. It’s fascinating to see one so little developing a two-footed sense of balance. I just really hope he doesn’t start walking this week while I’m out of town for work. That would be teh suck.
ben said,
Wrote on May 13, 2008 @ 7:25 am
That is one my favorite things about parenthood. I love watching my kids learn new things. My youngest is in the stage of “any day now” when it comes to walking. The way I see it is the more they grow up and develop the closer they are to doing cool stuff with me. Right now neither of my children can carry a backpack on the trail or cast a fly rod but every day they are getting closer.