Walking!

So, it has been a bit since my last post. Not because we haven't been working on our program, but because we have been too busy. Add a mobile baby into the mix, and it's been hard to find time to update. I'd like to do a brief update on where we are today, and then go back in some future posts and fill in the gaps.

So, Arden began taking her first steps at 8 months (2/10, 4 days shy of turning 9 months) which falls somewhere between the superior and average according to the Institutes developmental profile. Over the past month she has progressed from a few unsteady steps to walking across the room.

This is a video of her at 8 months:

And this video at 9 months, just a few weeks later:

I attribute lots of floor time with her developing the strength to walk this early.in addition she had been pulling herself up to a stand since 6 months,which helped with strength and balance.

At this point her current goal is 40 feet of non-stop walking and a total distance of 200 yards a day (from "How to Teach Your Baby to Be Physically Superb" stage IV mobility Competence). We are working to accomplish this with lots of floor time and 20-30 guided opportunities to walk a day.