First steps!
Aria took what I would consider her first steps today. She started from stable independent standing, stepped once with each foot, ended stable, then grabbed onto me.
We're still far from having independent walking be a viable means of locomotion. For instance, she still only stands alone for a few seconds.
She has done something like stepping before, but it was more of starting from a stand and then falling forward while moving her feet like stepping, so I didn't count that. She mostly likes to walk around holding one or more of my hands. Lately, she's been more into the one-handed walking because then she has her other hand free to explore. I can feel by how much she depends on my hand how she is progressing. Many steps are totally independent, but she still would fall often if she weren't holding on.
It's fun to see her get more and more stable and more and more bold. Hee hee!
We're still far from having independent walking be a viable means of locomotion. For instance, she still only stands alone for a few seconds.
She has done something like stepping before, but it was more of starting from a stand and then falling forward while moving her feet like stepping, so I didn't count that. She mostly likes to walk around holding one or more of my hands. Lately, she's been more into the one-handed walking because then she has her other hand free to explore. I can feel by how much she depends on my hand how she is progressing. Many steps are totally independent, but she still would fall often if she weren't holding on.
It's fun to see her get more and more stable and more and more bold. Hee hee!