Walking
On June 30th Riley took his first steps. Then he said, "That was lame" and went back to crawling.
Three weeks later it looks like we are back in business. For the past several days he's been walking up to 20 paces at a time. They are slow toddling steps. He looks like he'll fall over any second -- and then he does. But he picks himself right back up again. The best moment yet in Riley's march toward toddler-dom was when I picked him up at child care earlier this week. When he saw me, he stood up and walked a good four feet into my arms, grinning all the way. These are the best moments of parenthood.
The downside to the development of this new skill is that it seems to be disrupting the boy's sleep. He hasn't awoken before 5 a.m. in months. Yet by 9 p.m. tonight he was up, crying hysterically in his crib. I found him eyes closed, walking the length of his crib and screaming in terror. Was he sleep-walking? Dreaming he could no longer walk? Or just wishing day would break so he cold practice his new skill? Poor little puppy dog (as I've taken to calling him lately mostly because he'll nip at my ankles until I throw him bread).
No pics or video of him walking yet, but here's a quick clip of him practicing and a pic of him standing around with his new favorite accessory (he likes to hang towels, scarves and long socks around his neck).
Three weeks later it looks like we are back in business. For the past several days he's been walking up to 20 paces at a time. They are slow toddling steps. He looks like he'll fall over any second -- and then he does. But he picks himself right back up again. The best moment yet in Riley's march toward toddler-dom was when I picked him up at child care earlier this week. When he saw me, he stood up and walked a good four feet into my arms, grinning all the way. These are the best moments of parenthood.
The downside to the development of this new skill is that it seems to be disrupting the boy's sleep. He hasn't awoken before 5 a.m. in months. Yet by 9 p.m. tonight he was up, crying hysterically in his crib. I found him eyes closed, walking the length of his crib and screaming in terror. Was he sleep-walking? Dreaming he could no longer walk? Or just wishing day would break so he cold practice his new skill? Poor little puppy dog (as I've taken to calling him lately mostly because he'll nip at my ankles until I throw him bread).
No pics or video of him walking yet, but here's a quick clip of him practicing and a pic of him standing around with his new favorite accessory (he likes to hang towels, scarves and long socks around his neck).
My sister said her kids' sleep went totally off the rails whenever they started a new skill. T seems to have dodged that trait (teething kills her sleep schedule, instead).
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