Max was standing before he was crawling. We’d try to get him to crawl, but all he wanted to do was work on standing up! Now he crawls around some, but still, all he REALLY wants to do is stand. He loves it!

The only thing is, he needs to be holding on to something or he’ll fall down, so he ends up standing there, holding on to the gate unable to do anything else. But he doesn’t care. He’d rather stand there than play with his toys.

My parents sent a table toy that he loves, so now he can do both: stand AND play at the same time. But we sit with him while plays with it since (when not holding on to something) he’s flat on his back in 2 minutes if we’re not there to catch him.

Some day soon his balance will be there. Then one foot in front of the other. And that’s when we’re in trouble. It’s time to kid-proof the house. Now!