aiden_freeman had gotten to the point where he indicates when he wants to sit up. He holds out his arms, I take his hands and he pulls himself to a sitting position.
For those that are worried, I do not pull on the arms, he does this entirely by himself.
Well tonight he decided to mess with my head.
He started waving wildly, so I took his hands.
He pulled himself up (what seemed to be) very quickly. So quickly that I was convinced he was going overbalance and fall forwards.
Instead, as he rolled past his center of balance He stretched his legs.
That’s right.. he went from a laying position through a sitting position and stood up.
Now he can’t sit or stand fully on his own. But watching him rise to his feet assisted, knowing that it was his decision to get to his feet was amazing. And just a little bit terrifying.
P.S. I wrote this as I was dozing off. interestingly, every-time I nodded off, I kept typing what was at the edge of my brain. I’ve had to delete at least 5 lines of subconscious drivel.
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So cool!
Of course, you ain’t seen terrifying yet. Wait until he’s learned how to climb, and does it when no one’s there. THAT is true terror. ( learned how to climb up the ladder of their bunk bed when she was 15 months old. She learned how to climb back down it again 2 months later. Said bunk bed ladder was taller than me.)
My moment of sheer terror was watching and 6 year old j leap from stone to stone at Freeway Park. Yes, the really tall climbing stones with concrete at the bottom. They were leaping from one to the other like so much hopscotch. After about a minute, I couldn’t watch.
Oh dear gods … I wouldn’t have been able to either.
You’re doomed.
I will admit, it’s amazing how quickly they change. Just when you are use to one thing, they come up with something new, and sometimes drastically new! He’ll be running around asking for chips before you know it! š
KEWL! Little Aiden has discovered the joys of standing! You should be warned, that might become the *only* acceptable position. My Bug quickly decided he MUST. STAND!
Huzzah! Soon he will be running around and terrorizing your household on a regular basis!