Well, the latest development in the almost-but-not-yet crawling story is "knee scooting." As far as I know, this is not an official term, just one I made up for this blog. Now, instead of using his hands to pull himself along as he slides on his belly, he is using his hands to pull himself along as he slides on his knees. So at this point, he is in exactly the right position for crawling (on his hands and knees) and his arms are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing (moving one at a time, in a forward motion). And actually, I'm not sure what his motivation would be to get the knees in gear, because on our hardwood floors, knee scooting seems to be just about as effective as actual crawling!
As a side note, Luke has also started to do a lot of what his Nannie (my mother) says is trying to sit up. While in the crawling position, he gets one leg under him and winds up kind of sitting sideways on one thigh, resting his weight on one hand. He seems to prefer this position for playing with a toy, once he has reached and obtained it. Up until this point, his common MO was to drop to his belly once he got to a toy, meaning that playing with it was difficult since he needed both hands to hold him up (he usually just resorted to elbows), and the toy was only inches from his nose. Now he has one hand free to wave, bang, squeeze or poke!
More updates on these exciting developments will be posted when they become available!
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ah the all-crucial "wave, bang, squeeze, poke" level of development, ignored by Piaget but undeniable in early childhood cognitive/concrete development. First recognized by Fzqrglnp and popularized on his website. According to this eminent developmental psychologist, this stage of development is normally reached in children of average mental development at an age of nine months but may be seen earlier in above-average children and is often accompanied by increased physical stature and irrepresible curiosity.
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