Crawling on All Fours

Warning:

Lower or mute your volume control before watching this video;

there are bursts of white noise that could be painful to the unsuspecting ear.

I’m pretty confident that I’ve established in previous posts that my baby is a little bit . . . differenter. And here is yet another example: the all-fours crawl.

While Charlie usually crawls on his hands and knees, there are certain circumstances that lead him to crawl on his hands and feet. In the above video you can see him doing this on grass; he also does this on hard wood, tile, and linoleum. While I guess he’s doing this for the comfort of his knees, crawling on all fours looks kind of weird. He also moves slower. But to each his own.

Charlie’s been crawling for about a month and a half now, and he’s getting closer to walking every day. In fact, he stood up completely on his own—in the middle of the lawn, he just stood up. And then proceeded to fall on his butt. Of course. But he got full leg extension, supporting himself by himself. It was impressive. (But then, I am his mom and prone to bias—I even think his snot bubbles are impressive, so . . . )

Anywho, I don’t know if standing on one’s own is actually connected to walking, if it is a precursor, but it’s another exciting development, so I thought I’d share.