earlier today when we were in the church's cry room, she wanted to walk. her dad held her under her pits but could feel that her legs are holding her up. so he let go and she STOOD THERE ON HER OWN! and fell down a second later on her cushiony diaper butt.. hahahaha..
this is her looking distracted after she stood on her own.
i dont think she knew what had just happened.
it happened again but after that she got too excited and was stamping her feet all the time so it did not happen again. but that is ok, she is still early anyway. =)
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i am not forcing my daughter to stand or walk.
she get upsets when we put her in sitting position and would go to the nearest object she identifies and pull herself her into standing position. she would stand there as long as she could or was interested. she would also climb up the object if it allows her to.
so i am really curious when people tell me not to "let her walk / stand so much / too often... she is still too young".. but what am i suppose to do? strap her to the ground on her butt? i cannot help it if she wants to stand or walk already.
i read about how crawling helps with the brain development and stuff. so i can understand if people are worried that she is walking before crawling but she can already crawl! she started the worming crawl when she was around five months old and by the second month she could already crawl professionally on all fours.
maybe its my parenting style - i let her tell me when she is ready. i let her tell me when she is ready to sleep through the night. i let her tell me that she is ready for solids. i let her tell me that she is ready to flip, sit up, crawl and now stand. we have been doing very well with that style and i do not see the need to change it. i do not see the need in delaying her developments in any way and i have learnt that the hard way. she was born big and people keep telling me what a big baby she was. she has a big appetite too. by her second month, she was already drinking at least 30oz per day. every time i would take days to decide if i should increase her each intake because she does not seem satisfied and would cry. then she got sick and would hardly take 5oz in a day. she lost her weight so fast - her neck appeared and her wrist fats gone within a week. i regretted that i did not feed her when she wanted before. after i learnt my lesson, i would give her milk when she wants and as long she had 5oz, i will not force her to finish the remaining. i did worry that not finishing her milk would become a habit but it did not. and when there is a stretch of days when she is drinking minimum milk accompanied with difficulty sleeping, we would notice a new tooth coming out. :)
i have tried searching online when a baby should start walking but there is only AN AVERAGE. so there is no law on when a baby should start standing or walking. i also found a baby who could walk at six months! that is even earlier!
there is nothing more i want than my baby to grow slower. at barely four months, we cannot really leave her alone when she already could flipped. i lost my gummy baby when she was slightly over four months old. at six months, we cant let her sleep alone in our bed because she got too good at crawling in her sleep. at seven months, we cannot let her out of our sight because she started climbing which includes climbing out of her highchair. now we have to start cushioning and baby proofing everywhere possible and the sadest of all, she dont even look like a baby anymore. =(
she looks like popeye now...
it feels like just last week i bought her back and she is peacefully sleeping in her swaddle with limited movements. she is now growing up so fast and i cannot seem to keep up.
a typical weekday with her - reached home at around 1930. have dinner. play with her a little and prepare her for bed. milk is around 2030 and she will be asleep latest by 2130. the time spent with her is so little and the last thing on my mind she making her do things she is not ready for.
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