Downward Dog

Nope, still not crawling. But her bum swing locomotion is improving in speed and accuracy, so she doesn’t end up on her face at all now.

The latest trick I witnessed today is her desperately trying to move forward – so still sitting with her feet soles together in front of her, she leans forward on her hands and rocks back and forth.

The difference now is her legs are getting stronger and more coordinated, so she gets up on one foot and one knee, then pushes up until she’s bent in half with her hands supporting her front while her bum is up in the air, completely supported on her feet with straight legs! In the Downward Dog yoga pose.

She holds that with grace and aplomb for about 5 seconds before one or both legs give out and she ends up on her butt, sitting down. The first time I saw her do that she immediately looked up at me as if to say “I did that on purpose you know!”