Little minion on the run

First crawling.. now standing.. NOW almost walking. SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! Where does time go? It feels like only yesterday that I was giving birth to this gorgeous little girl who stole my heart. She has only been crawling for about a month now. I worked with her a lot to get her to crawl and to motivate her to crawl. Here are some things I did to help teach her how to crawl:

• Give your baby plenty of tummy time, starting from birth.  By playing on their bellies, babies develop the muscle strength in their shoulders, arms, back and trunk that helps them learn to crawl.
• Encourage your baby to reach for and move toward the toys and objects she is interested in.  Lay interesting toys at just a short distance from your almost-crawler.  See if she is able to move herself toward these objects. 
• Make sure your baby has space to explore that is safe and supervised.
• Place the palms of your hands behind your child’s feet when he is on all fours.  This stabilizes him and gives him something to “push off” from when he is just learning to crawl.

Things to Avoid

• Spending lots of time in baby seats and baby carriers.  Babies learn how to crawl, and later pull up to stand and then walk, when they have plenty of time each day to play, move, and explore.
• Pushing your child to learn to crawl.  Pressing a child to develop a skill he isn’t ready for can actually slow the learning process.

Standing was a little bit different. She could ALWAYS stand with me holding her but the trick of her getting up off her butt to a standing position is beyond me how she learned this. She just started doing it one day!

As of right now, she is not walking alone, she is using the walker that I have discussed in two previous blogs. But by using this walker she is becoming more stable and is now being a dare devil! She is now boot scooting around the footstool while holding on of course but its like her own personal little race track!