She's an adept crawler and FAST.I mentioned in a prior post that I never put up a barricade in front of the TV and entertainment center, but rather tried to "teach" Astrid that she's not to play with the electronic equipment. It seems to have worked as she rarely goes near it anymore.
But she is fascinated with doors. If we leave the door ajar she will find a way to open it and crawl out.
Something she loves to do is crawl over to the couch and pull herself up to a standing position.She's learning how to soften her fall when she wants to get back down. When she first started standing on her own she would fall back down really hard. But with more practice she figured out she could bend her knees and squat down so that when she let go she wouldn't have that far to fall and wouldn't land so hard.
In addition to her crawling and standing, a less obvious development is Astrid's ability to burp on her own after meals. It really is amazing. I remember when she was a newborn and it took a lot of effort to get her to burp (and when she didn't there was hell to pay). Now she can burp on her own and we don't even have to pat her on the back to get the bubble to come up. I still do the patting after her evening bottle (out of habit), but she usually burps before I even start the patting.
She's also sleeping through the night again. For a couple months she would wake up around 4 AM and would need a bottle to fall back asleep. It was one thing to do the middle of the night feedings when I was a stay at home mom, but not doable with Uwe and I both working. Teething tablets helped in the beginning, and then patting her on the back, and then before we knew it she was sleeping through the night.
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