Baby C has been in his bed for one hour now….not sleeping, not crying necessarily. He’s talking (sometimes happy talking and sometimes frustrated talking). And, he’s doing baby gymnastics.
My little boy is nine months now. He’s not yet crawling. He rolls just fine when he feels like it. And he can lean, fall forward, turn over, reach and grab ahold of that favorite toy. But as for full-blown hands-and-knees-crawling, he doesn’t seem to have much interest in that. He is a great sitter and loves to sit on a blanket and play with all the toys I lay out for him. Now, there are many children in my neighborhood….many of whom are only a few weeks older or younger than my boy. So there are many little babes for us young moms to compare our own little babes to. More than anything, it is just interesting to see how very differently little ones develop. But, I must admit that when I have gone outside to see a nine and a half-month-old WALKING, I wonder when my nine-month-old is going to crawl. But baby C remains content as a Sitter (albeit a very accomplished Sitter…And, mind you, I am incredibly proud of my Sitter for his sitting and for all his other varied accomplishments).
The reason that C has not wanted to sleep tonight is that he is currently practicing all sorts of amazing moves in his crib. I have known that C moves around in his crib quite a bit and, on occasion, I have caught glimpses of his stunts. But tonight, I have become convinced of my child’s gymnastic skills. I peeked in on him a bit ago to find him head down, rear end up, and just one little push away from throwing himself into a full-blown head-stand. I did witness a sideways near-sommersault and three times tonight in these bedtime exercises, C ended up sitting in his crib seeming stuck and very frustrated. Three times I layed him down and tried to help him calm down to go to sleep. He finally has settled now. But not before letting me in on his little secret…..
Your little one can crawl? walk even? Well, my nine-month does gymnastics. And, to top it off, he has the decency and humility not to flaunt his talents for the whole neighborhood to see. He is a Sitter in public but a Gymnast behind closed doors.
