One other thing that happened during out WI vacation this year dealt with a “moving obstacle course”. Before we had a chance to figure out the “Titanic” position on the boat we tried walking Luke in our cabin. There was only so much room, maybe 8-10 feet of cleared out area that was also shaped like a big L. My husband walked back and forth with him while I worked on washing dishes/bottles by hand in the sink. Meanwhile our baby girl was on the floor playing with some toys.
You may be able to see where I’m going with this. Our baby girl is 8 months old and a week or two before we left on vacation she started to inch along on the floor, kind of like an army crawl. She was really fine tuning her skills during vacation though.
What wound up happening was that when Luke started walking across the cabin, our baby girl was too curious about his walker to just sit still. Instead she “’army crawled” to investigate, she wasn’t about to let her big brother have all the fun and action that night. Within the first 5 minutes of Luke’s walking we started a pattern that continued throughout his PT exercise.
Luke would walk, baby girl would crawl towards him, he would veer around her, and then by the time he went the 8-10 feet and had to turn around she would be completely in the way. So I, with soapy hands and all, would laugh and pick her up and put her out of the way. Of course that only lasted long enough for Luke to start walking again, and the cycle would start all over. It got to the point that I told me husband, “just let me know when she’s in the way so I can move her.” Otherwise I never would have gotten any dishes washed that night.
Who needs to set up an obstacle course to work on walking skills when you have a crawling baby? As our baby girls’ skills increase I’m sure we’ll be in for more fun like that night.
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