On The Move
Friday, August 30th, 2013From Friday Mom – Erin:
Rory has started scooting across the floor this week. But he hasn’t done it by army crawl, normal crawl, or anything really resembling a crawl at all. Instead, he has started scooting across the floor in a seated position. He’ll occasionally lean forward, as though he is going to put his hands down and crawl. But more often, he bounces across the floor by stretching out his legs in a seated position and then pulling them back in to propel his body forward. It looks as awkward as it sounds, but it gets him where he is trying to go.
True to form, Rory’s newfound mobility has been causing trouble at bedtime. When he is in his crib trying to fall asleep at night, he’s capable of getting up on his hands and knees. He pushes up, wobbles from side to side, collapses back down, and then tries it all again. It’s fascinating to watch on his video monitor. He’s been doing it off and on for a couple weeks now. However, this week was the first we’d seen any consistent movement outside of the comfort of his crib.
I’m hoping that the scooting gives way to a more “traditional” crawl soon, because I have also seen him start trying to pull up –whether it be on a nearby toy, pillow, or even mommy’s leg. I know I don’t get to control whether he crawls or walks first, but I’d be very thankful if he went the more conventional route. Luckily for us, whichever route he chooses, he at least appears to be in the early stages of mobility. So perhaps we’ll have at least one relatively calm weekend left before the baby-proofing begins in earnest.
