I thought the order goes first sit up, then crawl, then walk, and finally run. My little boy has a different idea. He's ready to walk but has decided to take a detour and work on climbing first. Yesterday he climbed up on a box. This morning he climbed up on the fireplace hearth. By this afternoon he was working on wedging his little toes in between the cushions so he could scale the couch and checking out the side table for vertical possibilities.
I admire his determination. When I tell him "no" he gives me a gigantic grin and keeps on going. Sometimes he stops for a second when he looks at me but his knee goes right back up in an effort to go higher. He can't help himself.
It was a good RA day for me. And it's a good thing because I needed the energy and quick reaction time. I am told my oldest stepson was breaking other babies out of the infant room at his daycare as soon as he could walk, and by 18 months he was borrowing the keys and backing the car into the front yard. So a little bit of this might be genetic.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring.
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Jennie
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August 26, 2008 at 8:31 PM
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As a Arthritic Mom myself I understand all to well where you are coming from. My youngest decided that walking wasn't fast enough and went straight to running. As I look back now I often wonder how I managed to survive the terrible twos and still have a close bond with my child. And she took the twos to new highs! One day while I was in the washroom, just for a moment, with the door open, she managed to get from the floor to sitting on the stove top playing with the buttons!!
Oh no! I always feel liking going to the bathroom with the door open is a good thing, close by, can hear them. I'm in trouble.
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