Walking

So, we have been getting many questions about Henry's new-found walking skills and how he is coming along. As we know, he took his first independent steps a little over a month ago (2-3 steps from the coffee table to the couch). He has been cautiously improving his skills slowly but surely the past month. He was the same with crawling - it was a LONG process between his first crawling "steps" and actually motoring around the house.



At this point, I am fairly comfortable saying that we have an "official" walker! This is not to imply that he is the most stable of walkers (oh my, far from it), but he is now trying to walk instead of crawl probably 75% of the time. He can also now get into a standing position by himself (without pulling up to stand on furniture first) and take off. He has also started "walking" aimlessly - no toy or parent as his destination, but walking just to walk. Today was the first time he made it across the entire room without falling. I am guessing that walking will be his main form of transportation by his birthday (please don't hold me to that, though). Tomorrow we are taking him to Stride Rite to get him fitted for his first "real" shoes (his Converse are terribly cute, but may not be the best for new walkers).



Here are some pics of our little walker. Note the "Frankenstein" pose he likes to do to maintain his balance.







The pictures aren't so hot, but trust me that it is hard to get a good picture of this child walking!!