You saw Patrick's newest thing in yesterday's post. If you didn't see it, go look now because it doesn't really make as much sense until you see it in action.
Patrick is now obsessed with leaning over. He does it in his high chair, his carseat, his rocker chair, basically any time he sits up. It's made for a few anxious moments while I frantically try to strap him down. The only time I let him lean over as far as he wants to is when he plays on the floor. It's not like he'll hurt himself if he falls on his face on the carpet.
He is definitely getting more limber. As painful as it looks to me, he seems to like having his body practically on the floor between his legs. It means he can reach toys that he's shoved much farther in front of him, too. The problem is that he's still developing those muscles in his back that move his upper body at all sorts of crazy angles. The muscles can help him lean over really far and even hold him up off the ground by just an inch or two, but they aren't quite strong enough yet to pull him back up. He's also not quite flexible enough to lie completely flat on the floor like that. When the piano is there, he can always lie on that like a pillow, as you saw in the picture, when his back gets tired of holding him up. But when the piano isn't there, he gets stuck. It usually makes him upset, and I have to rush to rescue him from the crazy position he finds himself in once again. Why does he continue to lean forward that far when it always makes him mad?
Matt and I keep hoping this is just one more step he needs to take before he starts crawling. I kind of doubt he'll start crawling by pushing himself forward, though. He doesn't have the strength or flexibility yet to pull those legs behind him, and even if he did, he hates being up on his knees. Instead he would just sprawl the legs behind him and find himself in the hated belly position again. While I see a clear desire to move on his own, Patrick can't or won't try moving himself in new ways to try crawling. He screams whenever Matt or I attempts to move his body to help get him into crawling position. Really, though, I think he's just showing how smart he is. Why go through all the effort of learning to crawl when Mommy or Daddy will carry you everywhere you want to go with just one sad puppy dog look?
Patrick is now obsessed with leaning over. He does it in his high chair, his carseat, his rocker chair, basically any time he sits up. It's made for a few anxious moments while I frantically try to strap him down. The only time I let him lean over as far as he wants to is when he plays on the floor. It's not like he'll hurt himself if he falls on his face on the carpet.
He is definitely getting more limber. As painful as it looks to me, he seems to like having his body practically on the floor between his legs. It means he can reach toys that he's shoved much farther in front of him, too. The problem is that he's still developing those muscles in his back that move his upper body at all sorts of crazy angles. The muscles can help him lean over really far and even hold him up off the ground by just an inch or two, but they aren't quite strong enough yet to pull him back up. He's also not quite flexible enough to lie completely flat on the floor like that. When the piano is there, he can always lie on that like a pillow, as you saw in the picture, when his back gets tired of holding him up. But when the piano isn't there, he gets stuck. It usually makes him upset, and I have to rush to rescue him from the crazy position he finds himself in once again. Why does he continue to lean forward that far when it always makes him mad?
Matt and I keep hoping this is just one more step he needs to take before he starts crawling. I kind of doubt he'll start crawling by pushing himself forward, though. He doesn't have the strength or flexibility yet to pull those legs behind him, and even if he did, he hates being up on his knees. Instead he would just sprawl the legs behind him and find himself in the hated belly position again. While I see a clear desire to move on his own, Patrick can't or won't try moving himself in new ways to try crawling. He screams whenever Matt or I attempts to move his body to help get him into crawling position. Really, though, I think he's just showing how smart he is. Why go through all the effort of learning to crawl when Mommy or Daddy will carry you everywhere you want to go with just one sad puppy dog look?
Labels: Milestones
1 Comments:
It's not the puppy dog look that gets me, it's that you-are-an-awful-daddy-and-you-made-me-cry-because-I-want-to-be-over-there" look.
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