on your mark, get set...

For the past couple of weeks Eddie has been getting into crawling position. It started in the evenings after bath time when we would put him down on the floor for his lotion application/massage and pajama dressing. Now he is doing it all the time. When he was having difficulty falling asleep this morning for his nap, I peaked in at him and saw him in the crawling position in his crib. It will probably be the venue for his first movements since it was also the platform in which he perfected his rolling. He is really getting to be a wiggle worm, or as his Dad says, a Wack-a-dew. On the changing table he arches his back to look at the light switch and god knows what else and it causes him to almost flip over. In his crib he is now grabbing onto his bumper to chew on it and playing with the railings with both his feet and hands. The other day during a nap I heard this sort of light banging on the monitor and I was scared that maybe he was banging his head - which I have read is supposedly totally normal for some kids as it helps them fall asleep - instead, luckily, it was his hands grabbing the railing from underneath the bumper and he must have been moving his hand to hit the railings.

He is still not completely sitting up unassisted - he can do it for small spans of time, like 5-10 minutes but eventually he grabs for something to his side and topples over. Could he crawl before he sits up unsupported? Probably not, but he seems to want to move more than he wants to sit on his own.