As much as I love how interactive and aware my daughter is at this stage of her little life, it's also quite frustrating... for both of us. She will be 8 months old in 6 days. The day she turned 6 months old she started sitting up on her own. I thought, "Great! She's hitting a milestone at the perfect time!" It wasn't until she was 7 1/2 months old that I started to wonder when she was going to start crawling. I assumed it would be shortly after she started sitting up. Nope. Not for our baby.
I know that everyone assures you that your baby is unique and they will do things at their own pace, which is totally true! I often have to remind my husband of that. I'm not worried about her developmentally. I can tell how smart she is and she is figuring out things about life everyday!
But here is our new hurdle. I can tell that she wants to be a mobile baby. She constantly wants to stand and if it was up to her, I'm convinced she'd be running around our apartment. She just hasn't quite figured out the next step. She HATES being on her belly. Even as a newborn, she hated it. She now kind of hates sitting. She constantly arches her back and flings herself back if she's mad/bored/frustrated/tired etc. But as soon as she's standing she is happy. She just wants to GO! She twists and turns and lunges towards things. I know I should probably be counting my blessings that she isn't yet mobile. But a part of me feels like she would be a much happier baby if she could get to where her little baby mind tells her to go. I also have a feeling that she will bypass crawling and go straight to couch cruising/walking. A couple of times when she's standing and we're holding her hands she has taken a couple steps. Only time will tell I guess!
Another adorable thing she has been doing lately is having meltdowns. Or "baby fits" as I like to call them. If she has a toy she's not supposed to have (like the remote or a cell phone) and it is taken away she immediately starts crying, flings herself onto her back and flails around like a crazy child. It's kind of cute but irritating at the same time.
I know that everything is just a phase. As soon as I worry about one thing, it's all ready gone.
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