Saturday, July 10, 2010

Standing up!

This afternoon, Averie was napping and then we heard her crying over the baby monitor. We decided to just leave her because she had only been asleep for a short time and we knew she needed to sleep longer, and if we just let her fuss for a little bit, she almost always goes back to sleep. Well, after 15 minutes, she was still crying so we went in and found her like this!
Standing up all by herself! Good thing we lowered the crib mattress a notch a few days ago!

And to give you some perspective, the blue bib in her hand was on top of that pile on the other side of the crib, and she had tossed aside the cardboard hanger it was originally on (how did she get that off?!)....
We were feeling a little guilty that she had been standing up and crying that whole time -- presumably because she couldn't figure out how to sit back down (a common problem when babies first learn to stand on their own) -- but then we were just so proud of her!

I wonder when will she take her first steps unassisted. I doubt it's very far off.

3 comments:

Heather Macbeth said...

Congrats on the new stuff! That's exactly how we discovered Lily could pull herself up, too! Looks like little Averie is cruising nicely! Have fun with a moving baby. It's definitely a bittersweet thing.

Liz Wilcken said...

Yay, Averie! Time to take the bumper and other toys outta da crib before she figures out to CLIMB out of bed :)

Chris & Meghan said...

Liz, the bumper we use is a breathable one, not the pillow type so she can't climb on it :).