Like Climbing Mt Everest
My youngest granddaughter is a very petite baby for her
age. She was born a month early and has
hit all of her milestones, but she is the tiniest. When she began crawling it was an “army crawl”
using her elbows and feet to shuffle across the floor. At nearly one year old, she has perfected
that technique and can move at a fast rate of speed. She also pulls up and stands up and probably
will be walking soon. Her latest show of
strength is her ability to climb to the top of the flight of carpeted stairs in
their house. There is a total of 14
stairs to surmount. There are seven,
then a landing, a turn and another seven to the top. With her mother following along behind her
for safety, I recently watched a video of this new trick. She took the first 5
then looked back at her mom as if to say, “look at me!” Her mother encouraged her by saying “keep
going, you’re doing great”. She giggled
and cooed her way to the landing. To accomplish
her climb, she first put her hands onto the next step then her knees on the
previous step would rise to her feet as she propelled herself on up. With an occasional look to her mother for support
she made it to the top! I feel like she
should have planted a flag at the top like she was ascending a mountain,
because for her it had to seem like Mount Everest. Way to go Hannah girl!
Tammy Harvey
5/24/2025
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