The wee girl is really walking now. She still prefers to crawl if she has to get somewhere fast, but she gets up on her own in the middle of the room now and will take off walking. She is very confident to stand on her own and play and super confident to let go of furniture and go on a walk. Her comfort zone is the house though as the grass seems very uneven for a new walker.
Her walk is probably characteristic to all new walkers but we have coined it 'the drunken zombie'. She keeps her hands out in front of her partly for balance, partly to break the upcoming fall and she wobbles as she walks with a few steps forward and one step in any other direction. I give it a few more weeks and I bet she is eager to try outside more.
She has some great speed so far, even with the 2 steps forward, 1 back way of moving.
Time for more baby proofing....sigh. I hate that part. She has been so good at the top of our stairs to never go near them or to crawl to them and sit and wait to go down, but now she stands up at the top or baby runs at them. I hate the idea of more holes in my walls, but more so holes in the baby.
Another baby gate it is.
