First Steps

Aditi could stand up with support over the last few weeks. She would use anything for support - coffee table, dining chair, sofa, her highchair, bed frame, the handle on a chest of drawers or kitchen cabinet, bookshelf, dustbin and not to forget mama's or papa's pants. She would stand for a little while and call for help - to sit down. Initially, she would carefully place one hand on the floor,while the other held on to the support and lower herself carefully onto the carpet. But she quickly learnt it was easier to ask someone to lower her down than try and hurt her bottom - which she did quite often. Early mornings she would stand up and rock her cot to catch our attention.

Not being happy with just standing and watching the world, Aditi made an effort to start walking with support. Now thats her favorite passtime. She would strat from one end of the sofa and move to the other end, lower herself and start it all over again. But she does only in one direction onto her left - as she did with turning over and thumb sucking.She favors the left side for some reason whatsoever.

As for mobility sans support, she favors the tummy dragging/crawling technique. She starts to crawl about 3-4 steps and then goes back on her tummy, although shes been doing more of the crawling lately. Her speed has increased tremoundously. Now she gives us a 'Catch-me-if-you-can' look while she tries to find her way from one room to another.She loves to play peek-a-boo with her pappa.

As her nap times during the day gradually decreases, Its become ever more important for me to have a watchful eye over her actions all day.