Be Careful What You Wish For

About 3 weeks ago, Will and I started becoming concerned about Sophia's development. She could not crawl, which wasn't too worrisome since she can walk so well, but we became aware of a collection of skills she had seemed to skip. In addition to not crawling, she rarely went from lying to sitting, she could not pull up, and she could not get up if she fell down. We decided to work with her daily on those skills, and if she hadn't improved by her next physical in April, we would talk to her pediatrician about it.
My instincts told me she was just fine, and my instincts turned out to be right. Within a couple days she was going from lying to sitting without a problem, and we would find her sitting up in her crib in the mornings and after naps. Within 2 weeks, she learned to pull herself up in the 2 places I didn't want her to: her crib and the bath tub. Here are pictures from the first time I walked in and saw her standing in her crib. She looks SOOO proud of herself!!


And here is a video of what I saw on the video monitor during her afternoon nap later that day:

She still cannot (or will not) crawl, but for the first time today, she got up by herself without any assistance from me or the furniture. Although I'm relieved she's doing so well, I'm already regretting our decision to help her out because now I'm not sure what to do with her while I shower!