Cailin has avoided crawling now for months. She seems capable of it, but for some reason she just... doesn't. Imagine my surprise this morning when I put her down in front of the toy box and she scooted across the room and gleefully tore apart the bookshelf. I was stunned. Of course Cailin doesn't do a conventional crawl - she's highly original. She scoots on her bum and uses one leg and both arms to propel herself, like so:
Imagine what kind of day I had with a suddenly mobile kid. I have a baby gate handy to keep pets/nieces out of the basement, and that went up immediately. She was into everything. Her favorite drawer in the house is the dish towel drawer of course. Bailey was two steps behind her all day, snooping in whatever Cailin was.
Occasionally Cailin would wander (scoot) down the hall and play with her reflection in the closet mirror. She would laugh, clap her hands, smile and babble up a storm to her reflection. Then she tootled off to our bedroom to play with the door on Bailey's kennel. The verdict? The kennel door works pretty slick. Over and over and over....
And then, once the mirror and kennel got dull, there was ALWAYS the dish towel drawer to play in. With your trusty puggle sidekick of course.
This is the beginning of a beautiful era, this crawling. I can tell.
Imagine what kind of day I had with a suddenly mobile kid. I have a baby gate handy to keep pets/nieces out of the basement, and that went up immediately. She was into everything. Her favorite drawer in the house is the dish towel drawer of course. Bailey was two steps behind her all day, snooping in whatever Cailin was. 
Occasionally Cailin would wander (scoot) down the hall and play with her reflection in the closet mirror. She would laugh, clap her hands, smile and babble up a storm to her reflection. Then she tootled off to our bedroom to play with the door on Bailey's kennel. The verdict? The kennel door works pretty slick. Over and over and over....
And then, once the mirror and kennel got dull, there was ALWAYS the dish towel drawer to play in. With your trusty puggle sidekick of course.
This is the beginning of a beautiful era, this crawling. I can tell.
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