Brooke is better at crawling, but she definitely hasnt mastered it. Just crawling forward a little over a week ago, she still topples over and gets stuck on occasion. She has gotten faster, and the dog has been doing a lot of scattering as a silly, screaming, smiling baby insists on attacking her each time she decides to lay down. She has also gotten more confident, moving from crawling to pulling herself up on objects and walking around (aka: cruising) as she holds onto things (like the couch, ottoman, or legs!).
This morning she tried a new trick. She pulled up on my legs, stood up, released one hand ... AND THEN THE OTHER. The baby that has just learned to crawl and is not yet 9 1/2 months, decided that she can STAND UNSUPPORTED and was successful at it for about 5 seconds.
You hear the term "baby steps" all of the time. My understanding means that you take one-small-step-at-a-time. The terms origin is in the fact that babies do this ... they slowly go from one stage to another, each milestone is one of many towards the completion of a larger task. They take one tiny step followed by another. For instance, Brooke has been babbling for months. Then she would put some letters together. Then she would say words but not actually associate them with anything. Now she occasionally says a word with association. I do not think it means that a baby should learn to crawl and then try to walk within a week span. Brooke has no limits. No boundaries. No fear.
As her Mommy ... I think I have enough fear for the both of us :) Where did this little daredevil come from?????????????????????
