Eli stood up by himself in his crib today! It was bizarre to walk in expecting to see our little baby in one of his usual positions: sitting up, rocking back and forth on hands and knees, lying on his back holding onto one foot up in the air. But no! There was a CHILD standing at the crib rail, looking us right in the eye!
As a result, we may get (even) little(r) sleep over the next couple weeks. It is apparently a common phenomenon that babies feel compelled to practice their latest developmental milestone while in bed, mostly asleep, at night. With Eli, we observed this with rolling over, sitting up, and getting up on all fours. We've heard that when they are learning to stand, they will pull themselves to standing in a sleepy stupor multiple times per night without knowing how to lie back down. Once stuck standing up, they wake up sufficiently to summon parents to help them get back to sleep. We're bracing ourselves.
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Good lord! Tell that kid to slow down. At this rate, he'll be riding a motorcycle by Christmas!
ReplyDeletemotorized bicycles are more his speed.
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