walker

For her birthday Kiddo got a toy that lets her push it around, and walk by herself. She loved it, and was developmentally ready for it. She would walk holding our hands all around the house. But it's huge, and certainly couldn't come with us for Christmas. Luckily, we visited Great-Grandma, who has a walker of her own.

It didn't take my daughter long at all to see that it was perfect to support her walking needs. She wheeled all over the place it in.

And, she continues to develop in this. Over Christmas she started to stand for a few moments by herself, and will now dance just a little unsupported, until she loses her balance again. And now she walks only holding one our hands (as opposed to insisting on two -she has a tight little grip), and will even take a few unsupported steps toward my husband or me. Today she even took the time to balance herself before she started walking, which was another big development. I think she is looking forward to leaving crawling behind.