Attempts at walking again!

Almost a month has passed since Ella started to walk and then stopped (sigh. . . we were so close!).  I realize I am not the type of mother who wants to manipulate or bribe her infant to do something she is not ready for or shows no interest in.  Although it has been difficult to be patient and let her take the time she needs to develop physically and emotionally we're happy to say that she is showing interest in walking again!

Picture: Ella walking from Daddy to Mommy (May 9, 2012).

Video:  Ella walking, gets overconfident/excited and falls  (May 7, 2012).

Video:  Ella loves pushing her push-toy around (May 11, 2012).

Video:  Ella can stand still, clap, and then walk! Confident little booger. (May 11, 2012)

I was patient with her crawling milestone (despite the constant disapproval that she may not crawl and the annoying "you have to make sure she crawls" comments I received - - There is no evidence to support that by skipping crawling you hurt your child's mental/physical development.) It took her almost 10 months before she wanted to crawl so her wanting to walk again at 1 year and 2 weeks is awesome.