The whole crib thing is not going so well. Last night he decided he would just stand up every time someone left him alone in his bed. So he stood there and screamed until one of us came back, laid him back down and then we did it all over again. At 2 am, after our third round of this, I finally decided I'd just hold his shoulder and hip and keep him in his favorite sleeping position....forcefully. He finally fell asleep and slept until almost 7:30am. Then he just sat up and played with his aquarium toy that's tied to his bed instead of screaming for someone to come get him. That was at least a little progress.
Today we've been working on standing up alone. He's just not very steady so I was standing him up and letting go to see if he'd learn to balance. After dinner we were playing (trying to keep him occupied while we tried to watch a movie) and he started catching himself with his toes to make himself balance. Then he started adding in steps to get to me. We tried having him go back and forth between us and one time he took three steps! I knew it was coming, but he just turned 9.5 months! Can't wait to see what he'll be doing next week...running down the street probably!
Let's just hope all this change is the reason we're having trouble sleeping and soon he'll be so tired from walking he'll sleep through the night...yeah, right!
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I remember reading somewhere that kids will work on just one thing at a time - maybe Connor's so wrapped up in his new walking that he's forgotten all about how he's such a good sleeper and he'll soon remember and sleep all night long every night. I hope so, at least :)
"Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister; gimme three steps toward the door."
Just reminded me of a song, that's all. :)
Go Connor!
~Angie
I hear from a lot of people it is best to encourage crawling as long as possible to build cartilage in ankles and especially knees for long term development
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