At 9 1/2 months, Cooper is officially on the move on his own. He has been toying with the idea of crawling for awhile now, but would only ever take one or two "steps" and then fall back to his tummy. He did more slithering around on his tummy than anything...and most of the time backwards! But, after some practicing at Gymboree on Monday, he decided to crawl across the rug over to me later that afternoon. Of course, he protested by whining the entire time, but he managed his way over just so he could get to me to help him stand. It's been a couple of days now and he is already getting pretty efficient at it. He would still rather walk, but I think he realizes crawling does give him a bit more freedom to go where he wants on his own. For us, it just means even more work because this kiddo is into EVERYTHING so we have to keep him within our reach AT ALL TIMES! Even though he is crawling now, I still think walking on his own might also only be a short time away. He has also started, within the last week, pulling himself up (successfully half of the time) and cruising along the couches. He is also really beginning to master walking around with only holding one hand, so he is getting pretty steady on his feet now....which makes me think he is ready for some solo walking soon. He has actually taken one and two steps on his own, but we haven't recorded it as official walking since he hasn't taken those 3 solo steps that we have E marked down for as his first steps. Wow...I can't believe we are already at this stage again....now with our littlest one! Why do they have to grow up so quickly?!!? The 1st video is the 1st day that I wrote about above. The 2nd video is the one I took of him today trying to catch the "crazy fish". He was determined to catch the darn thing...and was successful in the end!
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