A little late but never

    Kyle is 18 1/2 months old and I was starting to think he would never walk! It would appear that he seems more content to get up on his hands and knees and crawl around then stand on his own two feet and walk. And it's not a lack of trying to encourage him to walk either. He has a jeep walker, a lawn mover and other things he can push around, he just chooses to crawl. He is getting better about letting go, standing, and walking. Mainly because a lot of time if we are in a open space and he has nothing to grab onto I will just let go of him. I have decided that he is going to stand and walk even if he doesn't want to. No I am not a mean mommy but I do find myself standing in front of him with my arms out and then step backwards. When I stop and think about it, it does seem rather cruel to encourage him to come to me then move. However, this method has seemed to work. Sunday at church he was walking all over the place, unassisted! And he is doing it more and more at home. I say by next week he will be a full blown walker. So as they say better late then never and way to go Kyle!

Now if I can just get him to talk a little bit more :)

Overcoming fear

Fear is something that everyone has to overcome. From birth we are afraid of a lot of different things. One of the first few fears that we overcome is the fear of sitting up, crawling,walking and standing alone. It’s amazing to watch as children learn to overcome those fears, to achieve those goals.

For Kyle he has been somewhat of a late bloomer, he never hit the milestones when a lot of other kids where hitting them. He has really taught me a valuable lesson in patience. Recently we have really been working on his walking (he is getting close to 18 months). He is pretty good about walking when he is pushing something or holding on, but he just isn’t ready to let go. Over the last week he has gotten braver and braver. He has been letting go and standing on his own, although I don’t think he realizes it just yet. He has also been taking small baby steps, like 3 steps at a time. My goal is that he is walking by Christmas, don’t think it’s a lofty goal.