Joseph has been not exactly staying in the same place I put him down in for a good while now, though you should check with my husband because he always says “just started” when I think it’s been a while and our friend pointed out that at for months, nothings really be “ages” as I’ve claimed . . .
. . . but I can no longer question whether Joseph is crawling or not. It’s not the normal cross-pattern crawl, but he can move forward and on purpose and in a matter of minutes, not hours. This morning after we woke up and snuggled a bit, I put him on the potty (success #1 and 2!) and stripped him bare for some naked diaper-free time. It’s a sunny and warmish day here, at least for fall, so I thought I’d take advantage of it before winter has us all shivering. I placed a few strategic toys at one end of the water-proof mat and Joseph at the other and when I came back from cleaning out his potty he was already at the other end of the mat! Currently he’s not moving much because he’s pushing all the buttons on the Japanese singing dog that Daddy got him. :)
I’ve been trying to give Joseph all the opportunity and encouragement I could manage so he could learn to crawl, but I found my first reaction was, “You can crawl!!! Now what do I do?!?!?!?” Suddenly this apartment feels very small. The yoga mat with water-proof sheet is too small for him now, but if I put him on the bed he’ll crawl off and hurt himself, and even if I start keeping the floors very clean he still has a jungle of furniture to contend with.
Well, here we go, on to the next stage of adventures!
