It seems like just yesterday that my daughter would lay on the floor, looking lovingly up at my wife and I. Soon after that, though it seemed like an eternity at the time, she started to smile and then giggle at us. Our little one was developing such a personality. Then, she finally rolled from her back to her stomach. The grandparents were so proud! We would all give a hearty cheer when she would roll to her stomach, and then we would help her to her back when she would get frustrated. That seems like ages ago, because things have become very interesting in the past week.
My daughter, almost seven months old, is now officially mobile. She’s not crawling yet, but she has found her own way around that. We still place her on her blanket on the floor on her back, as we always have, with toys surrounding her. She just doesn’t stay in that position very long. She has taken to rolling over to her back, and then to her tummy, and then to her back again. Repeat this a few times and she is now across the room, especially if you take your eyes off her for half a second, or do something stupid, like blink.
This is all exciting and a sure sign she is noticing her surroundings and becoming a little independent. The problem is that she never rolls toward something soft, such as a pillow. No, it seems like she rolls toward the most hazardous item she can find, such as the sharp corner of the fireplace, or a razorblade or something (and no we don’t really have razorblades laying around).
This increased mobility of course coincides with the arrival of our Christmas tree, giving our daughter more incentive to crawl and explore. She has already begun to grab at the low lying branches, ready to eat them I’m sure. Unfortunately, she has also begun to cry when you take away her “toys”, with “toy” meaning anything from a soft plush animal, to something we didn’t see her grab that could do her serious harm. It is an interesting time in my house, for sure.
Just last week my wife and I were discussing putting bumpers on the coffee table and I scoffed and said that it was too early. Well, I guess I’m wrong again.
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Oh my, what little angel!!
My nephew used to ignore expensive toys and head for shoes of any sort. And I can’t say what he did with them because this is a beautiful baby page and we don’t want to spoilt it and get all nauseous.
He’s left his shoe fetish behind and has now turned his attentions to gas burners and switches.
Yep, can’t blink for moment.
I love your photos. You do a great job of getting right down to her level. Don’t worry. Eventually they’ll she’ll be really mobile and keep themselves safe like our daughter who recently snuck the powder bleach out of the kitchen, took it down to the basement, and started washing some toys.
Nice and safe.
“Wheeeeee!” she’s saying. I love that photo and your daughter’s happy smiling face. Now she’s mobile she’ll be doing more and more every day! I always underestimated Kiko and when he was at this stage once left him in the middle of his bedroom surrounded by cushions. I went into the next room for thirty seconds and when I came back, he was on the other side of the room, lying under a table and staring into space. I almost had a heart attack. I thought he was dead or stunned but no. He seemed to be quite happy staring at the underneath of the table. I’ve no idea how he got there so fast because he wasn’t crawling then.
Oh ho – coffee table bumpers. We got some and put them on the sharp edges of our TV unit. What does Kiko do with them? Pulls them off and puts them in his mouth. This, apparently, is a very funny game. Like switching the oven on, which he discovered this week. He interprets Mammy’s: “NO!” as meaning: “Please do this as much as you like!” His current mission is to foil the child locks on the kitchen drawers…
Ah, the memories, the memories.
They are gorgeous at that age, but I wouldn’t go back to that time for anything. It’s too exhausting.
Just wait until she starts walking. Then you’ll be running after her.
Hmmmm…it sounds like I have my own little one doesn’t it?
My daughter is seven months old on Saturday, and this could just as easily have been describing her antics. We’re desperately hoping she isn’t to mobile before we move in February, our current place is a like shoe-box; way too small for a baby to explore.
Your girl looks very happy.
Lee, I remember you saying you have a daughter almost the same age as mine. We have a house, but her main play area, the living room, seems awfully small nowadays.
Oh boy, here you go! Get ready for the running…once they can walk. Right now its fun to watch them crawl around.
How cute!!
Thanks Leo. She is definitely mobile. My writing days are over