Kaitlyn in Motion

Kaitlyn has been working on crawling for several months now. She began with the Wish and Whine stage. This is where she looked at something that she wanted and wished she could get there. Since she couldn't move, she would lay there and whine until someone rescued her.



Kaitlyn's next stage was the Wiggle and Rest stage. Here she would try wiggling her body in hopes that it would get her somewhere. I guess the wiggling wore her out (or made her dizzy?), so every few seconds she has to rest.



Next Kaitlyn learned what we call the Bum Scoot. As she did this, I began to wonder if she would ever learn to crawl because she became a master at this. She sits and scoots her bum until she gets close to what she wants. Then she would usually lunge for it. If she missed, she would sit up and reangle her body and start scooting again. It was pretty humorous to watch.



Finally, Kaitlyn made it to a one legged crawl. At this stage, she would keep one leg up and crawl on her other leg. I'm not sure if she figured this out one day because she was trying to crawl in a dress, or if it was just something she randomly discovered and kept doing it because it was less work than the previous stage.



Now Kaitlyn is in a full-fledged crawl. Unfortunately, she is getting quicker and quicker, so nothing is safe any more. Eventually we will all remember to keep things picked up so she doesn't ruin anything more than she already has!



Kaitlyn is well on her way to walking. She can pull herself up on most anything and loves to walk while holding your fingers.
She can even balance with only one hand holding on!
Watch out siblings, she's only going to get faster!