Batten Down the Hatches

Jacob is currently working very hard on his crawling. He’s not quite there yet, but in the past week or so he’s made huge leaps and bounds. He’s gone from staying in the same spot and pivoting to moving backwards quite adeptly. He pulls his tummy up off the floor and balances on his hands and feet. Yesterday at our music class he maneuvered himself from sitting up to his hands and knees as if he’d done it a million times.

I don’t remember Hannah doing this sort of stuff, she was a different sort of crawler. She started by pulling herself with her hands across the floor, commando-style. And that was only when she was 8 or 9 months old, although in all fairness she was premature. Jacob is going the much more traditional route, crawling backwards and becoming frustrated that the object(s) he desires are getting further away. And yet he perseveres, throwing himself down and starting again.

I know that any day now I will have a truly mobile baby. I’m sort of scared, because I know how much work it is. But mostly I’m excited. I thought that I might be more jaded with my second child, less eager for each new milestone. Mostly, though, I’m just as excited by every little thing that Jacob does as I was by every little thing that Hannah did. It’s amazing and exciting watching these little people, so determined to master all of these skills, so intent with their efforts.

For now, though, it’s time to stock up on outlet covers and put up the baby gates. These little people may be amazing, but they are also dangers to themselves and others. And I need to be able to brush my teeth without my child falling down the stairs or electrocuting himself. While I do that you can check out our latest snapshots on my Flickr photostream.

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