Monday, August 22, 2011

"Cwawl Will! Cwawl"

Will has seemed to be close to crawling for a couple of weeks - he would get on all fours and rock back and forth, but then just sit back on his bottom.  Mom and Dad were in town for the weekend, and Mom and I were playing with the kids in Claire's room.  Will was doing his rocking thing, so Mom and I were putting toys out of his reach to try to entice him to crawl.  Claire joined in - she ran and got his some of his favorite toys, lined them up across her floor, then sat behind the line motioning with her hands and urging him on - "Cwawl, Will!  Cwawl!!!"

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He was more interested in his bib initially.
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It seemed like he might get going...
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...but got distracted by the stuffed rabbit.
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At one point, I thought he was just mocking her.
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The effort tuckered him out.
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The practice must have helped, because he started crawling the next day.