My daughter sees her legs as extra arms. If there is something at her feet that she would like to explore, she reaches around for it with her feet and toes, then lifts it up to her hands and, of course, mouth. Using her legs this way allows her to truly experience a toy. She can hold it with her feet, leaving her more delicate digits (fingers) to touch, push, grab, and enjoy. She's been doing this for at least a month, and it's amazing. (It would be more amazing if her father wasn't equally dexterous with his feet, but it's still pretty impressive.) This facility with leg usage would probably explain why she learned to clap her feet long before she learned to clap her hands.
Just in the last day, she's started to use her legs in a more traditional way, to push up on all fours, and threaten me with actual crawling (the threats are in the form of a sweet smile that seems to say "look what I can do!"). Oh how that will put a cramp in my style. Stay with your baby crawl sweetie - there's no rush.
