Vroom!
During the week Sydney didn't get much walking practice in. With Anne and me working opposite schedules we weren't both home enough to practice with her. And practicing with her alone is a little difficult. Get behind her and tell her to walk to no one over there?
We still tried during the week, but there wasn't much going on with the walking. We did a lot of walking while she reached up and held our hands, but we've been doing that for several weeks now. Anne even got her to walk while only holding one of her hands toward the end of the week. (Previously Sydney would stop walking if we let go of one of her hands.)
Saturday rolled around and we were both home. But Sydney had a play date in the morning so we didn't get a chance to practice walking early. (More on the play date a little further down.) After the play date we had dinner and then ran some errands.
Finally, Daddy asked Sydney if she wanted to practice walking and she was very excited at the idea. Sydney picked right up where she had left off. She walked from Daddy to Mommy. She walked back. She even fell down several times and got herself back to her feet to continue on.
Sydney is walking in that picture.
Walking practice went on for about ten or fifteen minutes. Sydney zipped back and forth, fell down and got up several times. She tired herself out and we called it quits for the night. We watched some television for a few minutes before we were going to put Sydney to bed.
At about 6:50 PM Sydney walked (on her knees) over to Mommy who was relaxing on the couch. She grabbed Anne's finger and pulled her like she wanted her to follow. Sydney usually does this when she wants to play the piano. Anne told her it was too late to play the piano and that Sydney was going to go to bed in a few minutes.
Sydney stood up. She held her hands out toward Anne wanting her to come with her.
"How can you resist that?" I asked her. Anne couldn't and started to get up.
Sydney took off.
Sydney walked from just in front of the couch to the stairs. On her own. Without falling down. (She looked like a drunken sailor, but what baby doesn't when they're first learning to walk?)
In the above picture it's about ten feet from the couch to the television. It's about 25 feet further around to the left from the television through a slightly winding path to where the stairs are. Sydney did that all on her own. Without falling.
As it turns out Sydney just decided it was time for bed and wanted to go upstairs. So we did.
Sunday brought more of the same. Sydney continued to stand and walk on her own. It wasn't an all the time thing, but when she felt like it she would get up and walk. She still uses her knee walking for her main mode of transportation.
Sydney has a new friend. I'll call her MJ here. MJ's mother said I could post her picture, but I figured I wouldn't post her name online just in case. I didn't ask specifically about the name and her mother didn't seem to be bothered with any of it going online, but I thought I'd be safe rather than sorry.
We met MJ and her mother last week for lunch. B (MJ's mom) is the daughter of a doctor Anne works with. She is also a friend of a lady Anne works with. MJ was born about ten days after Sydney was born, so they are the same age.
On Saturday MJ and B came over for a play date. Sydney and MJ had a great time. They played. They shared sometimes. They got upset the other one was playing with a toy they wanted other times. But mostly they just had a good time.
I think that's all the excitement for now. Grandma B arrives on Wednesday for a visit.
We still tried during the week, but there wasn't much going on with the walking. We did a lot of walking while she reached up and held our hands, but we've been doing that for several weeks now. Anne even got her to walk while only holding one of her hands toward the end of the week. (Previously Sydney would stop walking if we let go of one of her hands.)
Saturday rolled around and we were both home. But Sydney had a play date in the morning so we didn't get a chance to practice walking early. (More on the play date a little further down.) After the play date we had dinner and then ran some errands.
Finally, Daddy asked Sydney if she wanted to practice walking and she was very excited at the idea. Sydney picked right up where she had left off. She walked from Daddy to Mommy. She walked back. She even fell down several times and got herself back to her feet to continue on.
Sydney is walking in that picture.
Walking practice went on for about ten or fifteen minutes. Sydney zipped back and forth, fell down and got up several times. She tired herself out and we called it quits for the night. We watched some television for a few minutes before we were going to put Sydney to bed.
At about 6:50 PM Sydney walked (on her knees) over to Mommy who was relaxing on the couch. She grabbed Anne's finger and pulled her like she wanted her to follow. Sydney usually does this when she wants to play the piano. Anne told her it was too late to play the piano and that Sydney was going to go to bed in a few minutes.
Sydney stood up. She held her hands out toward Anne wanting her to come with her.
"How can you resist that?" I asked her. Anne couldn't and started to get up.
Sydney took off.
Sydney walked from just in front of the couch to the stairs. On her own. Without falling down. (She looked like a drunken sailor, but what baby doesn't when they're first learning to walk?)
In the above picture it's about ten feet from the couch to the television. It's about 25 feet further around to the left from the television through a slightly winding path to where the stairs are. Sydney did that all on her own. Without falling.
As it turns out Sydney just decided it was time for bed and wanted to go upstairs. So we did.
Sunday brought more of the same. Sydney continued to stand and walk on her own. It wasn't an all the time thing, but when she felt like it she would get up and walk. She still uses her knee walking for her main mode of transportation.
Sydney has a new friend. I'll call her MJ here. MJ's mother said I could post her picture, but I figured I wouldn't post her name online just in case. I didn't ask specifically about the name and her mother didn't seem to be bothered with any of it going online, but I thought I'd be safe rather than sorry.
We met MJ and her mother last week for lunch. B (MJ's mom) is the daughter of a doctor Anne works with. She is also a friend of a lady Anne works with. MJ was born about ten days after Sydney was born, so they are the same age.
On Saturday MJ and B came over for a play date. Sydney and MJ had a great time. They played. They shared sometimes. They got upset the other one was playing with a toy they wanted other times. But mostly they just had a good time.
I think that's all the excitement for now. Grandma B arrives on Wednesday for a visit.
posted by Tah at 10:28 PM
1 Comments:
Grandma B is looking forward to seeing Sydney walk and many other things.
Thanks for the update. It always makes my Monday a happy day when there's a new post with Sydney pictures.
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