i know i've said before that i am happy to patiently wait for sophia to meet her "milestones", but today, for some reason, i'm fretting. maybe it's that i'm suffering from a cold, rendering me sleepy and achey. it's not easy to be low energy mom. maybe it's meeting lots of new people who always ask in the nicest possible ways, "what's wrong with your baby?" it's tiring to explain the same thing over and over. it's tiring to reassure folks that she's doing great. i often think i am offering reassurance for myself more than i offer it for them. yeah- the tired is getting to me.
as we get closer and closer to 15 1/2 months, i worry that maybe she will never crawl. i know that is a silly thing to worry about- but it is there. i know that she is ABLE to crawl. i wonder if there is something that i am doing wrong, not helping her to be more motivated. i've said it before- she gets around just fine, in her own way. SHE doesn't care that she's not crawling. she's the happiest, most content kid ever.
i do try to help her. i help her bear weight through her legs. i try to show her how much easier it would be if she would just do things like "this", with physical demonstrations. i know that someday she will just magically start doing it... but it is hard to wait.
i guess it's just one of those things. you get tired. you get vulnerable. and the things that are hard, they get harder. maybe when i get over this cold i will not worry so much. or maybe she'll just start to crawl. then i'll be really tired.
2 comments:
you're doing great. she will do what she will do. one of my nieces never crawled - she 'scooted'. whatever. she got to where she needed to be. i think it's great when problem solving skills like that show themselves at such a young age. she's a go-getter, just like her mom!
You know... EVERY parent goes through it. Personally, I feel this way about potty training right now. But it's the same advice. They'll reach that milestone whenever they're good and ready to.
And for now, as you stated in the previous blog entry, cherish the time you have that she's not walking/crawling around and destroying everything!!!!!
Again, you're doing GREAT. And you have an amazing family.
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