Hannah has really started improving on her crawling. Until about 4 or 5 weeks ago, the longest distance she would crawl would be around 10 feet. She really never would initiate crawling to go any distance (like to the other side of the room), she always stayed put in about a 10-foot area.
In her play area in the living room, we have a stone walkway separating the living room and my office (where she can easily see me). She would see me at my desk, and she would just cry out when she wanted me. Or she would crawl up to the stone walkway, but she would never go across. It was almost like an imaginary barrier for her.
Over the past 2 weeks, Hannah has started branching out in terms of getting some distance in her crawling. Last weekend, during our family movie night (DVD in our bedroom with the kids on the floor), Hannah ended up crawling from her upstairs little play area all the way across our room towards the balcony! As soon as we realized where she was, we all were shocked and laughing! Thank goodness we had the upstairs gate closed!
Since then, she has started crawling from our bedroom into our bathroom when it is her bathtime. Even though this is only about 10 to 12 feet, she is going from carpet to floor. And she has done it every bathtime since she first figured it out! She will even follow Daddy or I into our closet, which is about 20 feet away from her playarea in our room!
Fast forward to tonight…
Abigail was taking a shower in our bathroom tonight. She left her pajamas on the floor in front of the shower. Hannah, on her own decision (since we were in our room), crawled to the middle of the bathroom (past the shower), turned around, and started to crawl back. She stopped at Abigail’s pajamas, played with them for a bit, and then decided to take them back with her as she crawled into our room!
It was so dang cute watching her crawl with these long pieces of clothes on her hands! Then, if that wasn’t cute enough, she ended up plopping back down on the carpet in our room, and just started staring at these pieces of clothes on her hands.
It was hysterical! And best of all, it was a reminder that Hannah is still learning new tricks….just at her own pace.
(And yes, next time I’m bringing my video camera up here!)
Great story. I can just picture her doing that. What little sweetie.
Eeee!!! How FREAKING ADORABLE!!! I love it! Tell Hannah she’s a little bit early to be pulling April Fools jokes on Abigail, but to keep practicing! 😉 She’ll be a menace by April at the rate. 🙂
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