Our home is not quite baby-proofed, and I could use some time to work on that. I look around and see all kinds of fun things for Lucy to see, play with, ingest and choke on. How is it that we have so many items that could be pulled down so easily onto the precious head of a curious baby?
So, I'm not ready.
But Lucy is getting there.
My heart goes out to her. There is an obvious daily frustration due to not being able to go where she wants, when she wants to. Lucy might want THAT TOY, but it's slightly out of her reach. Lucy might want to get to HER MOMMY, but she's a few feet away. So, in this regard, I would love for Lucy to be able to crawl. I feel it would open her world and give her more of an avenue to explore.
The only thing standing in Lucy's way is Lucy.
Well, her foot to be exact.
Here is a photo chronicle of Lucy's crawling attempts:
Here, Lucy clearly wants to go some place. She gets into this position all the time. To the untrained eye, Lucy looks like she is in "crawling position" - hands and knees on the floor.
What you miss is this - the trouble spot - her Right Leg. For the life of her, Lucy cannot figure out how to get that leg under her. I've done it for her, and the few times she did get it under her, she flopped directly onto her tummy.
So, after many attempts to lunge forward to no avail, Lucy will usually sit up. Here she is waving her arms (in excitement, not frustration)
Oh well, we'll try again tomorrow.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy my not-so-mobile daughter...
...and make the most of this time to BABY PROOF OUR HOUSE!
1 comments:
hey steph... just occured to me when i read this that THIS may be the reason for her sleepless nights a few weeks ago... they say that babies are restless just before they reach a major milestone like crawling - they're kind of working it out in their sleep... just a thought! :-) Laura
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