{more photos here, including a visit with a sweet tractor and a cow, and a video of the walking}
This little girl is rounding the corner toward ONE YEAR! Next week she will be 11 months. Unbelievable. We celebrated one of her little friend’s 1st birthday this weekend, and I finally realized it’s really happening. Also, she’s walking. Thankfully, she still can’t get herself UP for walking around, so we can still keep an eye on her at all times. We’re getting baby-proofed around here, but as everyone says, she will surprise us and is sure to find whatever we think she can’t get to {baby-proofing thoughts/advice/suggestions??}. And judging by just how darn smart she is, she will undoubtedly figure out how to open something we have locked or how to climb out of or around something in her way. We have our work cut out for us, that’s for sure.
She hasn’t crawled. She tries, she gets in position, and then flops to her belly and rolls onto her back, flails and whines until someone rescues her (inevitable! we can’t resist!) and then it starts again. Or we just get her up to standing (because that’s what she really wants) and she’s OFF. She’s walking without any help now, and often carrying something, like, say, a boot or a book. It has been just over a week since the unassisted walking started, and she’s barely falling anymore. And I know she needs to learn to fall, but it’s hard to let her. Of course we also want to keep her safe and her head in tact. My grandma suggests we get her a helmet, what do you think? (yeah, I’m kidding).
I vaguely remember learning the much-disputed fact that crawling is very important for babies. I also recall thinking “of course my baby will crawl. I would never let my baby skip that all-important step!” And that was before I was a parent, before I knew that there’s no way to make a baby crawl. I will teach her how to do it once she’s ready to follow instructions, but until then, she’s a walker! Funny how you can be such a perfect parent until you’re actually a parent, eh?
also, it’s looking more and more like spring out there! (now if it would just stop snowing)
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
What an adorable little angel! Congratulations on one year!
Sounds to me like she is perfect just the way she is.
Opinion on the helmet? Oy. They will bump themselves. They will get bruises. But until she is on a bike, I think a helmet is too much.
I would model wearing helmets when you are on your bikes, so that when she is riding with you, she is safe and sound in her own helmet. My kids hated them, but got used to them and in the case of bike riding, being in a baby seat on the back of your bike, I say- no helmet, no ride.
Oh, the myriad questions of mothering!
I love that you are asking!
Your site is so beautiful Laurie!
Inspiring as ever.
Love, Suzi
Suzi! Thanks for your comment and weighing in!
I think you are 100% right about the helmet… isn’t that funny that people do that, though? Pretty silly. I think these kiddos have pretty hard heads, in so many ways, that we can’t worry about that! hah! And she is certainly getting more steady on her feet day after day! xo