Oh man! We are in so much trouble. This evening, after a long, frustrating day in the car, Nic nursed a lot, didn't go to sleep, and then proceeded to stay up to 1:30 am to show off determined he is to learn how to move. He has now become a master of rotating on his belly, and he is really able to effectively move a foot at a time to get to his toys (or a remote that he wants!) He was climbing over my knees to grab his cell phone from the other side. He was pulling himself to standing on me and then transitioning from me to the couch (while holding on). He also had one moment of freestanding (about 1.5 seconds) after he used my legs to stand up.
It is amazing to me to watch Nic do all of this so quickly after watching it take Jac much longer (and it wasn't that long ago that Jac was doing this!). Nic is so strong! He can just push and pull and fight his way to do things. Jac had to have so much more balance and awareness to be able to do them since he is not as strong.
I have been telling Nic that he should not be in any hurry to walk - but I don't think he is listening. It is quite clear he is going to walk before a year. I can't say as I minded having Jac start taking steps at 17 months and not really start walking until 18 months - he had such a brain and planning on him by that point and had spent so much time cruising and crawling and I really didn't have to worry that much about him when he started walking. Nic doesn't have all of that! Hopefully he will spend a little time crawling (very good for his brain and his reading later) before he gets up and starts walking!
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