6/5/07

Logan is standing, but not yet walking.

Logan loves to be upright. He wants to walk around the house. He grabs on to my fingers with his little hands and walks with my support around the house. I just have to keep up with him and avoid stepping on his tiny feet. "Walking" with Logan can be pretty hard on the lower back, especially when he walks and walks and walks without wanting to stop. His has quite a tight little grip, and he can "steer" me with his feet. He's very determined sometimes - it's hard to steer him away from somewhere he wants to go. His usual goals include Chazz's stainless steel water dish, the door to the back porch, the stairs or the kitchen.

The other way that Logan can walk around the house is to push a walker or a chair. The walker with it's endlessly repeating songs used to be very annoying. Logan would push it in a straight line until he hit an obstacle, and then he would start to cry in frustration. I followed him around to steer him away from dead ends and quickly remove toys from his path. Now he's more able to steer his walker himself, and he seems to understand how to avoid dead ends.

Logan has managed to "stand up" on his own several times. He can stand on his own for up to 10 seconds, but he isn't truly walking.

Last night we went to the PEPS meeting. It was at Wendy and Dave's small house, just off of Aurora Avenue. I think there were five babies there, all crawling and playing and none really walking. Clive is the closest to walking upright without any help - he took about four steps last night.