Tonight, after scooting about on his tummy for weeks, Huey finally did his first wobbly all-fours crawling (at five and a half months). He’s such a funny little bug. With Loey, the progression to crawling seemed so smooth. He was in the brace, and then he wasn’t, and then suddenly he was crawling. Huey seems to be doing it the hard way, skipping the milestones that he is supposed to be working on (like rolling) and grunting and yelling his way to the big ones. Another example - we’ve noticed lately that he seems to be trying to pull up on furniture. He can’t even sit up with complete confidence yet (though he’s not bad), but is scooting up to furniture, putting his hands up, and hauling (and getting nowhere - yet).
Five months seems to be so hard. He wants to do so many things, like eat, manipulate objects to his satisfaction, and move around independently, but his desires exceed his abilities and so life is full of frustration. Thankfully he seems to have kept his sense of humour, and now that he is well again his smiles are as ready and delightful as ever.
You have got to have two of the most strikingly beautiful children I have ever seen- and they keep getting more amazing with time. Thanks for including all of us in your lovely family life- you all make me smile on a regular basis.
Comment by Lynn Cameron — April 30, 2008 @ 11:55 am