August 15, 2019
Thea is Mobile!
Yesterday was a day of firsts for me to watch. Theadora is just beginning to want to explore. She has this cute portable baby holder (looks like a walker, but baby just stays put in it and plays with some toys you choose to attach), you know, like a camp chair only for babies. She liked that fine for a few months – at home, outside, at work, she was happy standing there, doing squats, and playing with her turtle.
Then a friend gave her a baby bouncer. This thing is like a walker, except it’s attached to springs on the frame and stays in one place with built in activities and a seat that spins 360 degrees! Epic. Thea loves it. When we get home, that’s what she wants! Christina introduced her to the drum set – and Thea loves that too. Banging on stuff with both hands is now a bonafide activity.
Now the portable baby holder doesn’t cut it. Thea jumps in it and makes the whole thing move. The dogs in my office have differing opinions on that – Faux is cautious, Beau thinks “Yippee, new toy,” and Lily looked up at me, whined, and vacated the office.
Thea wants the floor or the bouncer. No in-betweens. On the floor, she’s been pretty static. She has been rolling for about three months, but carefully, as all the floors in her environments are hard – she seems to have figured that slow, controlled rolling is how to do that without pain. She’s been doing what I call “Superman Baby” since about the same time, but swivels round and round in a three-foot radius. I could put her on her blanket and she was good – wouldn’t leave it.
Yesterday she discovered two new things:
- She grabbed the baby holder, pulled it over to her, and pulled herself up to sit! Mom is not ready for that!
- “Spiderman Baby” aka being spread eagle like an X, pushes up with her arms like a push-up and toes to feet with a shove and rockets about a foot at a time forward! Mom is really not ready for that!
Mom is not ready for Thea to be mobile! I thought this as my mind replied, “were you ready for Christina to fly? Drive? How about Becky taking college classes? Kimberly flipping around in gym? Jaquline wearing high-heels? Jillian making lunch? Lucas finally tying his own shoes?” Everything in life is a next level. I love baby mode aka infant level, but also enjoy watching them grow and mature. I enjoy being a part of their fantastic lives.
Thea just jumped from infant level to mobile baby level – watch out world! (Or, maybe just watch out house.)
Type at you later,
~Nancy Tart