First Steps

Sammy is now able to balance himself while standing up.  We just need to position him in an upright position, and then we can let go.  He'll keep himself upright and standing until he gets tired and then he'll plop himself down. 

He's still unable to stand up by himself from a sitting position.

He's also now able to take a couple of steps before falling forward.  He gets giddy each time we coax him to 'come here'.  And we catch him before he falls.

To help him practice walking, initially we used a technique were one person stands behind him, hold each hand of his hands and then ask him to walk.  The one behind walks as well. Sammy likes that a lot and he'll walk to every room in the apartment. 

We've discovered though that while this technique helps him practice his goose stepping, it does teach to to walk with his upper half well forward of his lower half.  He looks like an ambling Tower of Pisa. We don't think he'll progress quickly that way.

So we've switched to just holding him in one hand and walking by his side.  He enjoys that even more, as it challenges both his steps and his balancing. 

We think he'll soon be walking by himself.  Certainly by end of next month.

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