Scoot scoot!

[flea]

mr. flea just called to say that The Fussa had scooted 6 or 5 feet across the room - backwards, of course. He said she was doing great at getting her tummy off the floor. But she'd scooted herself away from the toy she wanted, instead of towards, and was getting very frustrated. Go scooty baby! Next step - forward. (Note to self - install cabinet locks soon).

She's sitting pretty well now, I meant to say - I can go answer the phone and come back and she won't have toppled sideways onto her head. She can bend forward to pick something up and then come back to a stright sitting position, and she can get excited and flap her arms without necessarily falling over. She still does fall a decent amount of the time - either rolling sideways, or once, due to great flappiness, straight backwards. Sometimes it's a soft landing, but other time she's about to go thud when I catch her. She also still gets tired trunk muscles after a while, and will lean forward to put her hands on the floor.

Comments

[cindyamb.livejournal.com]

The best way to childproof is to get on your hands and knees, and explore the house, while continually asking, what can I touch that will hurt me in the way most upsetting to my parents?

[fufaraw]

Seconding Cindy about getting on hands and knees. It's amazing what that view can show you that you'd never noticed before. The kick space of the kitchen cabinets, the underside of the dining table, the base of the toilet, amazing alluring icky sites I never saw from my lofty 5'3". Plus, all the lamp cords and electric outlets that are at such a handy height! Toilet brushes! Cat food!

[burrell.livejournal.com]

"But she'd scooted herself away from the toy she wanted, instead of towards, and was getting very frustrated."

I must be a mean mommy, because this one amuses me. I watch her scoot away from the toy & start fussing and looking at me as if to say, "why is it going away, mommy?" And then I want to laugh.

[makaidiver.livejournal.com]

" she can get excited and flap her arms without necessarily falling over "

This has me cracking up out here on the left coast. I'd forgotten how babies do that, and it's so CUTE, all the wild flapping and big grins.