It’s that time in Marley’s life (just over 9 months for those counting) when she will be making a very important decision. The outcome of this decision could scar her for life and frankly I’m a little concerned about the path she seems to be choosing. You’ve all heard the experts say that a baby needs to learn how to crawl – that it is part of their developmental staging and it is important to encourage the baby to crawl. Yes, I’m sure you have all heard this, right?
I’m afraid that recent developments indicate that Marley is poopoo’ing these experts: I don’t think she wants to crawl at all. The moment she’s on her belly when we try to encourage it she’s crying at us. Is it anger? Frustration? Disdain? Who but Marley can say?
Here’s a video (1.2MB) that sheds some light on her next planned “step” in the world.
P.S. Alisa just posted some 9 month pictures that support my observation that she’s made her decision.