Steps to Walking

Reese is getting more interested in walking. She hasn't taken any steps on her own, but her new favorite thing to do is to walk behind her car. She's learned how to steer it and now moves around really quickly. Kevin and I say she's in "hyper drive" because she almost runs behind the car now. Yesterday she tried to walk while holding onto her stuffed animal. After a few near falls, I put the animal into the small space where the car can extend for a seat. Apparently this idea struck a chord with Reese because she immediately wheeled her car over to a pair of Daddy's shoes and began piling them on top of her stuffed animal. Once she was done, she stood up, and continued to push her fully loaded car around. Putting stuffed animals and other objects in the "driver's seat" became the game of the day yesterday.



(The video above was taken about two and half weeks ago. Reese was a little more wobbly then and hadn't figured out how to steer her car. I do love, though, how she figured out how to dispose of her road-block.)

Reese is also doing some walking with support. She can walk (sometimes almost at a run also) if an adult holds her hand while walking side-by-side or holds her arms above her head. She's been spontaneously standing (getting up from sitting or squatting without the help of an object) for a few weeks now, but once she gets to standing she usually just looks around and then sits back down. We'll just have to wait and see when those first steps come.