Baby Steps

I laugh when you try not to hold on to my hands. You like standing up on your own. Ever since you were born you seem to know already what you want. I was a little worried then because you're not like the babies of almost your same age who could crawl already. I was kind of blaming myself for not reading in advance the articles pertaining to "tummy time". I was thinking that maybe that's the cause of the delay. Then you surprised us when you were trying to pull yourself up in your crib! I was ecstatic! But your knees aren't that strong yet that's why you experienced also bumping your head on the sides of your crib. That's when I decided to dismantle your crib and give you instead a foam bed on the floor so you'll have a bigger space to explore.

And just look at you now! You stand up by holding on the ends of our sofa. You travel from our sala to our kitchen by holding on whatever you think is stable enough to support you. Your goal usually are things that aren't your usual toy. You really try your very best just to get it. And when you don't or you can't, you start crying. But when that thing is finally in your hands, you examine it. You look at it from front to back to front to back to front! You bang it on the floor or on the sofa or on the foam bed. Then you try to taste it and bite it until that thing is covered with your saliva! Hahaha! Then I'll be the KJ because I don't want you to get hurt by that thing so I'll steal it from you. You'll cry hard that our whole street might get scandalized by it! But I'll try to remain firm until you subside then we'll play another game instead.

I will let you stand on one corner without any support. I'll stand about one step away from you and encourage you to take your baby steps towards me. I have my hands ready to catch you when you fall. You wouldn't dare to step at first fearing you might fall. You'll close your fists and look me in the eyes. Then you let go. You took your first step then your second and then your third! You end up in my arms with smiles I can't trade for anything else!

Thank you for trusting me and I swear I will never break that trust. :)

I love you!