Forward Ho!

After working out how to move backwards, sideways, in circles, and anywhere but forwards, Audrey has now begun crawling towards an intended target. The target seen here is the beloved dada.

This exciting development has triggered the start of retrofitting the house for baby safety, but she is still fairly slow, so we can beat her there if she is heading somewhere we don't want her going.

Sweet peas

We harvested the first of the season from our garden. The cold frame allowed us to get a head start, along with the early spring. We didn't feed Audrey any of the delicious arugula, but we'll be feeding her peas in a few more weeks.

Movements

No, this post is not about the bowels.

Audrey no longer stays in the same spot when I put her down on the floor! She has a variety of spatial movements which change her location a few feet at a time.

One is to go from sitting to belly in order to reach something just out of grasp range, she can now execute this without face planting with more frequency than with the face plant and accompanying tears.

Another move is to scoot on her butt, a little bit like a frog but with her feet out front. This one has not been used very often yet, but I can seen it gaining favor as a forward movement because forward is challenging on all fours.

When she is in crawl position she drops down to her belly and inches backward, which does not seem like the intended direction.



Being on the belly is hard work and she often gets frustrated, As can be glimpsed here

Vertical movements include getting herself hoisted onto her knees, where she can balance pretty well, and using offered hands to pull herself to sitting from laying and to standing from sitting.


A more experienced mama friend advised not letting the baby hang out on the floor much because she'll figure out how to crawl and get into stuff that much sooner, but I love watching Drey try to figure it out, like on this video, so she will continue to get plenty of floor time.