Doin’ the crawl
TheMonk may have started out a bit aggravated in life but over the past several months, his real personality has begun to emerge. TheMonk is one laid back dude. Unless, of course, he’s hungry or his sister messes with him – then he’s sure to voice his displeasure. Other than that, the boy likes to chill.
Now ordinarily I would applaud these virtues in my son – seeing as how they are very similar to someone else around the house who happens to answer to the name “DaDa.” However, lately his laid back attitude has translated into not really getting into this crawling thing. But when I think about it, why should he crawl? He can combat crawl just about anywhere he wants to go and there’s always a toy fairly close. Besides, he’s not obsessed about a certain feline that his sister is intent on catching someday, so the incentive to go anywhere is just not there. It’s not uncommon to find TheMonk lounging on his side or back playing with a toy while he sucks contentedly on his binky. And up until recently, this has served him well.
But lately, TheMonk has begun to notice that there are things higher than floor level. Things that require him to get up off the floor if he’s going to have a look at them. Things that Mommy and Daddy put out of reach could be reached if only he could get up off the floor! So, this weekend TheMonk decided that he’d better get with the program.
Up on all fours he went. *Rock, Rock, Rock.* And back down.
Just testing things out but thinking it’s pretty funny that Mommy and Daddy are getting all excited about what he just did.
So, again up on all fours. *Rock, Rock, Rock.* And back down.
Again, Mommy and Daddy get excited. So, he decides to try this out one more time – but with a twist.
Up on all fours. *Rock, Rock, Shuffle, Shuffle.* And the crowd goes wild! Mommies and Daddies are high-fiving everywhere! A big grin eminates from behind the binky and *plop* he sits back down. It doesn’t matter though because TheMonk is now crawling!
Now, he’s not as nimble as his sister quite yet but Swee’Pea is in for a surprise the next time she comes over to take something from him. TheMonk’s ready to chase her down!
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Congratulations, JT! And a word of warning, Matthew – your life as you knew it with kids is officially over. When they can move fast in opposite directions, you are screwed. You then have to choose which is more important to you – getting one kid off the furniture they climbed before they fall off, or stopping the other one from unrolling the toilet paper and eating it. It’s like living through a “Choose Your Own Adventure” story!
Comment by Deanna — June 26, 2006 @ 11:41 pm
Yay, JT. And Deanna is right–why is ALWAYS in different directions????
Comment by Amy — June 27, 2006 @ 6:33 am
my son never really mastered the crawl. we would roll whereever he needed to go or he would do this weird “zombie”-crawl (as we called it) and then moved up to table walking and was walking on his own my 9 1/2 months. And hasnt stopped running since. (he’s now 2). So they each go at their own pace. but once they start…
Comment by kristied — June 27, 2006 @ 9:29 am
Watch him decide to give up on the crawling and just start walking. Bri would sure be suprised then.
Comment by Melissa — June 27, 2006 @ 11:14 am
Congratulations! Now your world will be completely over!
Comment by samantha — June 27, 2006 @ 9:58 pm
Move everything breakable. Now. MOVE!
Comment by MIM — June 28, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
So JT is doing the rocking? He’s just building his strength in his arm and legs. So watch out! Once he starts moving? He’s NOT going to stop!
Comment by Grace — June 29, 2006 @ 2:28 pm