We always say that we encourage our child to NOT learn to crawl or walk. But the truth is, when a few months before he turned one he began to want to stand, we couldn’t help encouraging him a bit. When one day he discovered that his mesmorization with the washing machine enabled him to stand for seconds–un assisted– we couldn’t keep him away from the washing machine the entire day. Now, this also meant I had to stand behind him to catch him as he would kick his head back, and land flat on his back after about 2 seconds (because he truly believed the magic machine would help him do something I guess). It was kind of cute, he would touch the washing machine and then try to walk. After about a day of this, he realized the washing machine didn’t make him walk and gave up.
So as of 6.27, after months of hand holding and walking in circles around our house, or coaxing him to walk a few feet into the safety of his father’s arms, our son is walking! On his own.
He woke up on the 27th and decided that he wanted to walk. Now he’s wobbly, but he is adventurous. As long as I’m walking behind him, with my arms on either side to catch him when he loses his balance and falls to the right or left, he will walk. Heck he will run! He walked from when end of the house to the other. By the time my husband got home, all I had to do was balance him and off he went. As my kid’s been walking by holding my hand since about 10 months, he has no interest in slowly walking. This seriously worries me! What was I thinking? He’s going to be ruling this house. Even now, he is practically running from one person to the other. We have to keep close tabs on him, as it is very obvious that if someone’s not nearby, he’s excitement will get the best of him, and he will topple right over onto our hard wood floors.
By July 5th he had perfected the fall into a sit, and will– when he wants to go somewhere that we’re not interested in going “break free” of the hand and toddle off on his own. I think the day walking the beachy sands with dad on the 3rd buoyed his confidence, as the falls didn’t hurt so bad, and the wet, soft sand helped him balance better.
