First Steps

Well the big news around our place is that Walter has finally started taking steps. When he began crawling a couple months ago, he almost immediately started pulling himself up on furniture, so we thought he'd be walking lickity-split. Apparently, he wanted some ground time.

A few weeks ago, he figured out how to stand up from a sitting position, without anything to help him. You could tell he was excited, because he would just do it over and over. His balance wasn't great at first; he could barely stand for more than a moment, but then he'd just try again. Then, over Labor Day weekend, he took his first step. I was out of the room, but Heather said he took a step towards her and then stood for a few seconds before sitting back down.

Since then, he's been practicing all the time. He stands himself up and then takes a few steps. He's up to about four before getting too wobbly. Usually, he'll take just one or two, then stand still to regain his balance, and then do a couple more. He still crawls most of the time, since otherwise he wouldn't get anywhere, but more and more he'll stop, stand up, and try a few steps. I'm sure by the end of the month, we'll have a bonafide toddler in our house.