Crawling update

See, I was going to post a little something on Tuesday to let everybody know that Leo had officially slept through the night for the first time since that first day post-swaddle. But, with 2.75 years of experience behind me, I'm pretty aware of what happens when one tempts fate with blogging. So I let it go and, sure enough, Leo slept poorly Tuesday night and then caught a cold on Wednesday. So we're back to square one for a while, but we know that given good health, Leo is capable of pulling an all-nighter. We're both looking forward to a couple of those in a row:)

The main purpose of this post is to give all of you an update on Leo's crawling escapades. I was editing my May 1 post today and it struck me as funny that just 7 days ago, he was crawling for the first time. Four days ago, he was a total pro. Two days ago, he started to help himself up to his feet and yesterday he started sidling on tables and things (cruising). Seven days. Unbelievable. He's so into moving around that it's getting difficult to keep him in his Exersaucer or highchair for any length of time. So, for a little while at least, we're going to miss out on being able to turn our back on Leo for any real amount of time. I'm curious as to whether he'll be walking before his birthday. Max was an almost-13-monther so that's kind of what I'm anticipating. It will be interesting if things develop much differently for Leo.

Mayday! Mayday! Leo's crawling!

Yes, it's true. Leo is fully all-fours-mobile. The experience was totally different this time than it was with Max - by the time Max was crawling, he had already been dragging himself around on the ground for a couple of months. So we were already used to having to keep a bit of an eye on him. Leo, however, was content to sit in one spot and get the thing he wanted by reaching and pivoting (and crying, I suppose).

So last Sunday, when he took his first tentative hand-knee-hand-knee crawls (three for Holly and then two for me later in the day), we had forgotten what kind of transition it would be to life with a mobile baby. By Wednesday, he was able to cross about half a room non-stop (if there was something REALLY worth having in his line of sight). Today, I looked up from my dinner three times: once he was at the fireplace, then the burgundy chair across the living room and then he had our Ikea lamp in his death grip. YIKES!

Leo's also capable of kneeling up (on his knees, body vertical from the knees up) and holding himself there for a while. He can pull himself up into that position, but not further...yet. We're going to have to revisit the child-proofing around here to make sure it's adequate.

Here's video proof: