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Go, Go, Go!!!
By TheAngelForever | September 3, 2008
What do you do when you have a stubborn toddler that refuses to do what you want when it comes to walking?
For weeks now JSL has been SO ready to walk, but he refused to do it. If you even said the "w" word he would immediately drop to a crawl, give a laugh and bolt away from you. Clearly he was showing us that he would do things on his own timeline, not ours!
Note to self: If this is his true colors coming out, then the teen years are going to be mighty fun!
Over the last week we have noticed that when JSL does not think we are watching he will cruise, let go and take 6+ steps at a time. Over the weekend this increased. Now he is trying to pick things up, turn and stand up in the middle of the floor.
When I went to pick JSL up at my grandmother’s today he came out her apartment door and charged at me on two feet down the hall. It was so sweet to see how excited he got.
So how did we FINALLY get the breakthough? We were quite creative. Rather than asking JSL to "walk" to us we said to come here or used his favorite new demand to us "GO!" We told him to "go, go, go" and he went!
JL was able to get some video of the little guy charging around and chanting "go go go" tonight.
It has been so much fun to watch JSL reach this huge milestone. He is quickly getting more balance, but his need for speed often causes him to fall and restart his adventure.
Topics: jsl, milestone, video | 18 Comments »
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 am
What a cutie he is! Congrats to JSL – he’s a walker now! GO, GO, GO! : )
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
AHHH! It is all in the wording mom! Hope you are enjoying your day!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 am
Woo Hoo – Look at him Go!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
Cute cute cute!
Reminds me of when W.W. walked at 11 months. I was standing in the kitchen working on dinner while he sat in the living room on the carpet. Turned around to check on him and he was sitting in a different place. Turned around again and those chubby little legs were carrying him in circles around the living room with sippy cup in one hand and delight on his face.
Yes, Mom was running for her camera. I did manage a few pictures before he plopped back down again.
Congrats to JSL. Now he’ll be into EVERYTHING.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
so cute! my little guy is right on the cusp…we might have to give the ‘go go go’ thing a try!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Congratulations on your walker! How exciting! And you know, I do mean “exciting” for Mom, right… Ava is thinking about doing it too… will be before we can believe it of course…
BTW our rodents are two guinea pigs, Cleo and Shep. They’re pretty easy as pets go…
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
He’s clearly an Olympic athlete in the making! My friend’s son didn’t start walking until he was 20 months and then he made up for it in a big way – he just ran. Everywhere.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
How cute! Love the video. I can’t wait until Bri can “go go go” too!
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
How adorable and how exciting! I love how he raises his arms as he’s walking, “yeah!!”
Take care,
Steph
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Aww buddy to cute, GO GO GO!
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
So cute! This is such a fun age. Way to “go”!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Men. It is always semantics with them! How incredibly cute.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Way to go! How exciting! Batten down the hatches now that he’s taken off!
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
How exciting! And it’s so great that you captured it on videotape. He’s going to love watching that when he gets older.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Wow! He just needed a bit of cheerleading, huh?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Those first tottering steps are SO special!!
September 4th, 2008 at 1:32 am
oh yay on the walking.. we have a 15 month old too and he is stubbornly refusing to take more than 2 steps.. driving us all batty!
September 4th, 2008 at 2:56 am
How cute! Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you had a wonderful Wednesday!