For a few months, people have been saying to me that Kate looks ready to start crawling. "Any day," they say. Alas (or thank God?), we have no forward progress in the crawling department. She usually gets from point A to point B by scooting around and turning on her butt. We will put her down in the center of the room and before we know it, she will be five or six feet across the room digging into her toy box.
Kate has made some progress, though, in other mobility-related areas. For the last week, Kate and I have been practicing transitioning from tummy to sitting up. She has taken a few face plants into the carpet but has finally figured out the mechanics.
Here, Kate demonstrates her new skill. You will see she is quite proud of herself, but quickly gets distracted by Willow (who is still HI-LAR-I-OUS!)
This new knowledge has cause a few problems, though. A few days ago, I went in to get Kate out of bed in the morning and I could see her whole head peeking out over her crib rail. Last night, she woke up around 11:00 and managed to get herself upright. This feat, of course, lead to crying; we aren't quite sure that she has figured out how to reverse the movement. This will probably lead to some necessary but annoying trips up the stairs for the next few nights until she figures out how to lie back down.
Kate does have one reverse movement down pat, though. She has figured out how to "crawl" in reverse. I know she will figure out how to reverse gears pretty soon, but it is really funny watching her little face as she moves farther and farther away from her desired destination.
On second thought, though, maybe she is just tricking us. Maybe the toy box was her goal which, I guess, makes her a genius.
More on her status as a genius in a later post entitled "Why Kate is a Genius!"
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