If a step happens in daycare, is it really a milestone?
Today, it would appear that the girl has learned to crawl.Well, kind of. Sort of. She flails forward on all fours. As she's my daughter, I don't expect a huge amount of physical grace*. I, after all, have been known to walk into lamp posts and probably couldn't pass a sobriety test if I crammed for it, as travelling in a straight line is beyond my limited agility abilities. (So far as I can tell, there's no physical reason for this. I have good vision, no inner ear problems, and all my limbs work as expected, just not in an especially coordinated fashion.) Anyhow, in my book, it's crawling.
Intellectually, I'm aware that she probably figured this out at daycare and did not wait on using that knowledge just so we could see her first real movement milestone in the comfort of our living room. Heck, for all I know, this no-crawl thing is a front she uses to get me to carry her whenever we're together, and during her away-time, she glides swiftly and smoothly across the Kindercare floors, making merry with the toys and leaving other, less talented babies in her wake. (Though I seriously doubt it.)
Emotionally? I'm totally marking this day down as a milestone. Learned to crawl: 9 3/4 months, flailing towards cat on living room floor on 7 Feb 2006! I'm taking my cue from every European explorer ever. It is, after all, the first time I've seen it, therefore, the discovery is mine, mine I say!
*Cunning is a whole 'nother thing. Thus far, she's displayed plotting skills that would put Machiavelli and Sun Tzu to shame. I'm so proud.
posted by mohmlet @ 7:12 PM
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Yay for crawling! I'd totally count it even if it doesn't look exactly like crawling. Everyone keeps trying to tell me that I'll be so much busier once she's crawling, but I can't help but look forward to it. It must be so much fun to be able to actually chase the cat instead of just want to chase the cat. Poor kitty's probably wondering if it's too late to send her back.
Oh, no, the switch to seriously good, fast crawling is definitely a scary one. I'm sorry you seem to have missed the hilarious backwards crawling stage, though.
Casper rolled over for the first time while only my mother was in the room. Little ingrate.
Also, 9 3/4 months? How did that happen?
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