Cruisin' = Bumps + Bruisin'

As expected, Felix's newfound mobility is resulting in his first boo-boos.  Last night, he crawled up to the landing of the stairs, then decided to go back down - head first.  Thank goodness we have carpet there, because it still left a little mark.  This morning, he was reaching for the coffee table, misjudged, and hit his cheek on the edge of the leg.  No cuts, but there was clearly a line where he bumped.  Poor little guy.  But I'm not going to put him in bubble wrap or pad everything in sight, because he'll never learn to be resilient, or that there are limitations to what he can do, if I do.

He is making strides (groan-worthy pun intended) in learning to walk.  We have a couple of push walkers at home.  I was a little nervous about letting him use them so soon, but they're really great, actually.  They're teaching him to have better body control and balance.  They don't have locking wheels, but he's managed to become stable enough that he pulls himself up on them no problem.  And he's started walking with them.  I was afraid that if it rolled too far out in front of him, he'd fall flat on his face.  The few times it's gotten away from him, he's just fallen on his knees.  He pushed one this morning about five feet before he ran into an object.  I was pretty impressed that he's getting the walking motion down.  He's so fast on four limbs and getting into everything, I think two will be doubly challenging!

Felix: 10 mos