Quinlan is learning and mastering new things every day, and it really is fascinating to see the world through his eyes. It almost makes waking up before 6 AM every morning worth it!
A couple of weeks ago, Daddy constructed this double ball drop tower (6 levels instead of 3) that amazed and puzzled Quinlan. We showed him how to drop the ping pong balls in and watch them wind their way down, but he was more interested in banging the balls together in his hands or knocking the tower down.
Mommy then took 3 of the levels off and from his belly his picked up a ball in one hand and placed in on the tower. We had to work on letting the ball go, but now he crawls over to it and with drop the ball and watch it wind down for 20 minutes!
Yes, you read that correctly, Quinlan is now belly crawling!!! He started crawling a couple of weeks ago. At first it was only a couple of feet to reach a desired toy, but now he has discovered that he can crawl over the threshold of his room and will likely start following us around the apartment next.
We took a video of his first crawling, which some of you may have already seen. It is great to see that he was, and is still, most motivated to move towards his favorite books. He is such a bibliophile and loves lying on his belly flipping through his board or flip-the-flap books. One can divert him away from playing with cords or other potential hazards, by opening a favorite book on the opposite side of the room.
While he is crawling, he is still working on transitioning from belly to sitting, but can now get himself from sitting to his belly without help. Go Quinlan!
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