Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Do I have a Walker or a Step Taker?
My question is simple or I thought it was...Do I have a walker or step taker? I can't decide and the world wide web is not helping me answer my question. So what do you think???
According to dictionary.com, the definition of walk is:
to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
Well, Cole does that, but when is it legitimate to call him a walker, to check that off on the milestone list, to add it to the list of accomplishment on the right side bar of this blog? **Side note, we are not pushing or rushing this, I am just really curious of when a parent goes from saying "yes, he is taking some steps" or "yes, he is walking."**
Each day Cole gets better at walking. Last night, he took 19 steps, then a lego got in his way. He got right back up and then took 28 steps. Cole is not able to get to a standing position on his own yet, so either Brent and I have to stand him up or he has to crawl to the next object that he can pull up on. I have noticed this week it is about half and half: half crawling and half walking. Although today, he has pretty much walked all over this house. He walks along cabinets, walls, holding on to one of my hands or completely independently.
So what is your thoughts? What stage of life is Cole in? Crawler/Step Taker? Or Walker? Is there a middle stage that I don't know about?
According to dictionary.com, the definition of walk is:
to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
Well, Cole does that, but when is it legitimate to call him a walker, to check that off on the milestone list, to add it to the list of accomplishment on the right side bar of this blog? **Side note, we are not pushing or rushing this, I am just really curious of when a parent goes from saying "yes, he is taking some steps" or "yes, he is walking."**
Each day Cole gets better at walking. Last night, he took 19 steps, then a lego got in his way. He got right back up and then took 28 steps. Cole is not able to get to a standing position on his own yet, so either Brent and I have to stand him up or he has to crawl to the next object that he can pull up on. I have noticed this week it is about half and half: half crawling and half walking. Although today, he has pretty much walked all over this house. He walks along cabinets, walls, holding on to one of my hands or completely independently.
So what is your thoughts? What stage of life is Cole in? Crawler/Step Taker? Or Walker? Is there a middle stage that I don't know about?
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