Crawling

And then, finally, Joaquin learned to crawl. I thought he would crawl at six months. He looked so eager on all fours. Then he learned to sit and suddenly forgot about being stuck on his belly facing the floor. A few weeks later again he spent hours on all fours pushing up from his belly onto his hind legs. He got the hang of some locomotion but only in reverse. I would heard him crying out and come in to the room to find him stuck under furniture. His head still free but his butt and legs tucked under the couch. And he didnt know how to go forward.
Many times a day he tried this routine. 1. Lay flat on belly. 2. Push up to hands, chest off the floor. 3. Then get his feet and legs over him, butt high in the air. 4. Then stuck. No idea how to move his hands one pace at a time. From butt high in the air, Joaquin learned to push back to sitting. This is super satisfying. Suddenly, Joaquin could sit anytime he wanted. And if he was sitting and fell over, he could put himself back to sitting. It was a great development.
It seemed any day he would crawl. Daniel and I started crawling around the living room to show him how to move his hands. He seemed to getting tips. Then one day just before my birthday, he crawled a few paces for my cell phone. Here is a video of one his first successful attempts at crawling.


Now he can crawl at will, but slowly. And cautiously since his heavy head still bonks the floor sometimes. However, if my laptop computer is the goal all caution is thrown to the wind.
People tell me it only gets better. I have to let that reassure me because I want to hold each day with him as long as I can.