Walking and Baby Proofing Our Home

Posted on July 20, 2008 in Health & Safety, Parenting by little mochi

When will my baby start walking?  That was a question that I had a few months ago.  Seeing him cruise along the furniture and the walls was pretty impressive.  Then seeing him let go and trying to balance was awesome.  But then when he took his first step – our jaws just fell to the ground. 

My dad warned me.  He said to give Little Mochi two weeks to learn how to walk after he took his first step.

Today, I will officially say that he is walking on his own.  He even knows how to push himself up.  He wouldn’t know how to fall when he loses his balance two weeks ago.  However, he now can fall and laugh about it. 

He walked all over the house today.  Literally all over the house.  Granted that our place is small (1000 sq ft), but it is still impressive that he can walk from one room to the next.  And it all happened so fast.  It all happened today.  Little Mochi seems so happy to be mobile, to be independent.

Initially, I was so happy because I don’t have to hold his hand everytime he wants to go across the room.  I just let him walk there by himself while I am at my computer.  But then I realized that he was crawling under the tables and into the cabinets!  Arg.  So I still have to follow him.  I’d have to admit that I haven’t baby proofed our place yet.  I just didn’t feel the need to since he spends most of his day at my mom’s.  And when he’s at my mom’s, there’s always someone there to play with him or watch him. 

I talked to my cousin who has a 2 year old son.  She said that the baby proofing gadgets didn’t work.  Her son eventually learned to work around them or break them.  So it really wasn’t worth the money or effort in installing them.  Especially the ones that hold the toilet bowl down.  I guess I won’t be baby proofing our place.



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