Ava's so close to walking. I'm trying to give her as much practice as possible, and she absentmindedly stands with no hands for a few seconds on her own. I don't think that it will be in the next month, but maybe by 13 months she'll be on the bipedal move.
Before she could crawl, everyone said that once they start being mobile, life would be a bigger pain in that they'd be into everything and you'd have to be on the constant lookout for dangers/hazards. where i guess that's true (for crawling) i have found that her mood elevated significantly after she could crawl/shuffle to the places in the room that the wanted to get to. therefore, even though i must be ninja-parent-cop to thwart her hurting herself (of which there's very little if any chance in our house) i don't mind the extra attention. i like looking at her move around. i like watching her face and hearing her voice as she explores. so it's not that big of a deal to make sure she's safe basically every waking minute of my day.
that being said, i don't know if the walking milestone is going to be the same. she can crawl pretty fast now. and she shuffles along the ottoman/couch to her destination VERY fast. i'm really worried that the walking will turn to running and the 1.5 seconds i may have to react right now will be cut down to half a second once she can RUN towards danger.
though i'm sure it won't be a big deal and will just be another skill to master. if anything is true of parenting a baby, you're learning almost as much as they are. new skills, new lessons, new challenges. and i really love that we get to grow together.
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So true about learning almost as much as they are!
I love how you phrased that. For a few months now I've trying to explain how Bea crawling didn't make things harder. She's not easier to watch, she's just more pleasant to watch because she's a happier girl.
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