She's Got the Moves

Delia's crawling technique keeps evolving. She abandoned the rolling and "monkey walk" and did the "army-guy crawl" for a while. Lately she seems to be slowly figuring out the more standard "hands and knees" method. The things that best motivate her to move are (in order): Lily's nasty chew toys, Ella's sippy cups and any sort of electronic device like remotes, phones, etc. Also funny is her inability to move without some kind of sound effects!

At Ella's preschool orientation this week, the teachers/early childhood experts explained how things the brain learns during the stage of crawling are crucial to later developments in reading. Very interesting! So, even though it means more supervision, we're excited that Delia's on the move and getting a knee up (so to speak) on developing her brain for future cognitive skills.