7 months milestones! Books say your baby starts to crawl at this age. Food products define stage 2 or 7 – 9 months of age as “crawlers”. Isabelle is into 7.5 months now…, and no signs of crawling. She flips, she turns, she rolls…and yes, she even wants to walk! But unfortunately, no signs of crawling! Am I worried? No….. I guess not, I think she just wants to fast-forward to the next stage, but I am certainly curious to watch her crawl.
But for now, I just have to settle at watching her walk in her walker. It’s really amusing when I reflect back to when she first started on the walker at 5 months. Her tiny toes were barely touching the ground, and she could only move back wards (mainly from kicking her feet). Now she whizzes past us at her baby lightning speed, turns corners in a flash, chases us round the house when we tease her as she lets out a scream or a giggle, makes tiny circles (yes, she loves going in circles!). And she is always looking at an opportunity to get into her room and pull all her clothes out from the rack, creating a mess in the room, and so, we shut all the room doors, create road blocks much to her frustration! Of course, we know that it’s not good to keep her in the walker for too long. Some people say she will tip toe when she walks later, others say she will end up with bowed legs, lack of exercise for the upper body etc, etc, etc. I do believe there is some truth to this, and thus whenever I am home I would hold her 2 hands and let her try walking on her own. Sometimes she takes little steps…, and other times she takes a huge one creating an off balance, and then turns her head to look up at me, as if not knowing what to do next. I would then guide her back to balance and start all over again. It’s nice knowing that I am that support to her J
The other thing we noticed about Isabelle is she has discovered her voice, or rather the power of it. She knows that if she screams the house down, someone will respond. The good thing of this is we know when she is in distress. The bad thing is she may abuse that just to get our attention. Sometimes I will just ignore her or talk to her nicely to stop. But what do you do when she is screaming in a restaurant? D and I find it hard to dine out these days. We can’t seem to enjoy the wonderful food in front of us, and we feel bad for other people dining around us. Is this just a phase babies go through, or do I start disciplining her now? People say it gets easier when your baby grows up, I don't think so. You get bigger headaches like decisions on discipline, routines, education, etc. I miss those days when all she did was coo and ah at us (and well some crying), and all it meant was that she was hungry, wet or happy!
But for now, I just have to settle at watching her walk in her walker. It’s really amusing when I reflect back to when she first started on the walker at 5 months. Her tiny toes were barely touching the ground, and she could only move back wards (mainly from kicking her feet). Now she whizzes past us at her baby lightning speed, turns corners in a flash, chases us round the house when we tease her as she lets out a scream or a giggle, makes tiny circles (yes, she loves going in circles!). And she is always looking at an opportunity to get into her room and pull all her clothes out from the rack, creating a mess in the room, and so, we shut all the room doors, create road blocks much to her frustration! Of course, we know that it’s not good to keep her in the walker for too long. Some people say she will tip toe when she walks later, others say she will end up with bowed legs, lack of exercise for the upper body etc, etc, etc. I do believe there is some truth to this, and thus whenever I am home I would hold her 2 hands and let her try walking on her own. Sometimes she takes little steps…, and other times she takes a huge one creating an off balance, and then turns her head to look up at me, as if not knowing what to do next. I would then guide her back to balance and start all over again. It’s nice knowing that I am that support to her J
The other thing we noticed about Isabelle is she has discovered her voice, or rather the power of it. She knows that if she screams the house down, someone will respond. The good thing of this is we know when she is in distress. The bad thing is she may abuse that just to get our attention. Sometimes I will just ignore her or talk to her nicely to stop. But what do you do when she is screaming in a restaurant? D and I find it hard to dine out these days. We can’t seem to enjoy the wonderful food in front of us, and we feel bad for other people dining around us. Is this just a phase babies go through, or do I start disciplining her now? People say it gets easier when your baby grows up, I don't think so. You get bigger headaches like decisions on discipline, routines, education, etc. I miss those days when all she did was coo and ah at us (and well some crying), and all it meant was that she was hungry, wet or happy!
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