Physical Milestones: Learning to Crawl, Sit, & Stand

Erik is trying hard everyday to reach his physical milestones. So at 6 months, he is learning how to crawl, sit by himself, and stand with some help.

Crawling
Yesterday, Erik surprised Daddy and Mommy by crawling a 'little' bit on the bed. He would arch his bottom way up high into the air then tuck his chubby legs in and push off! It was just the cutest! Erik could support himself on all-fours and rocks back & forth slowly but he hasn't quite figured out how to coordinate the crawl. As a result, he created this little "arch & tuck" method to go to his desired destination. We can tell Erik is a very resourceful little guy already :o).

Sitting
Erik can also sit unsupported pretty well. Of course, he also flops over when he gets too distracted. Erik sometimes would twist his back all the way around while sitting and forgets that he needs some extra support...thus the "flop" happens (on to his soft cushion foam mat of course!). And a that point, Mommy and Daddy excited cheer "Yay!! What A Good Flop That Was?! Yay!!" [add hand clapping!] [add extra big smile!]. Then Erik would give us a perplex look as if "what the heck you so happy about? I just fell!" :o) hahahaha



Standing
As for standing, Mommy or Daddy needs to help Erik with us. We basically pull him from a laying position to a SIT position and then we hold out our hands and Erik would grab hold and move his legs into a STAND. He could hold it for a few seconds and then sit back down. Of course, he loves to STAND in the big bathtub and splash the water!! Daddy and Erik loves to "splish n' splash" in the tub every night...and Mommy is basically thinking "oh my goodness, look at those water getting onto the floor and onto my cabinets?!"...but its' worth it to see Erik giggling and smiling away...and a few wipes later, everything is good as new!