Moving Around--but not quite crawling

Kate is really getting interested in things around her these days. She is quite observant and wants so much to touch everything around her. She is always reaching out for things, and when she does actually get something in her hands, it invariably ends up in her mouth.

It took Kate a while to learn to lay on her stomach. She really resisted rolling over a few months ago, preferring to just lay on her back. These days, however, she loves to sleep on her belly. Another thing that she is resisting learning is crawling. We've tried to encourage her to crawl by scooting her around on her hands and knees, but she just thinks it is fun that we're playing with her. About two weeks ago, she was sitting on the floor playing with her toys when she fell over onto her back. At first, she just looked around, but then she started rolling over to a toy. Since then, she hardly sits to play with her toys, but rather loves to roll around in them.

This video was filmed a couple days ago when we moved the coffee table out of the way and opened up the whole floor for her to roll around on. She loved it! Shayla really loved it too--she's figured out that Kate is fun to play with too.

Rolly Kate with Shayla
(6:20 minutes long)