My 8 Month Old Walker!

My boys are doing great on their physical development. First, Eli rolled over at 2 months, and then Mark rolled over at 3 months (although he got lazy at 4 months and stopped rolling for a bit). They sat up, steadying themselves with their arms, somewhere around 3-4 months, and they did the army crawl/inch worm crawl at 5.5 months and quickly progressed to standing at 6 months. By 7 months they were cruising, and now Mark is walking!!

They both have been taking one step, but last week Mark took his first consecutive steps. I took me a week to catch him on video, but I got it. Daddy's camera skills are a little shaky, and Mommy's coaching and cheering leading are probably a little annoying, but we managed to catch him twice. It's funny because Eli was closer to walking, but now he's scared and prefers to cruise, so I guess he won't be walking until 9 months.

We also taught them to clap their hands. It took me months to get them to do it, and finally they got it.

I'm so proud of them, so I am gratuitously bragging.
Here's Mark walking.
and
Here are Eli and Mark clapping their hands.

 

Yeah for walkers! Way to go Mark and brag away Momma!

DH was an early walker (8 1/2 mo), and I actually had conversations with the girls asking them to not start until a little later, hee hee! They indulged me and started around at 11 months!

 

holy cow! that was awesome Rachel!!
I'm still in awe at watching him walk! that's crazy!
ps: LOVED that outfit you have him in!

and the clapping was just as sweet

 

QUOTE(Chillers @ Mar 13 2009, 12:26 AM) [snapback]1226063[/snapback]
Yeah for walkers! Way to go Mark and brag away Momma!

DH was an early walker (8 1/2 mo), and I actually had conversations with the girls asking them to not start until a little later, hee hee! They indulged me and started around at 11 months!

Yeah, the big down side to the early mobility is that we having serious baby proofing issues. We just went to BRU (hate that place but had a coupon) to see if we can find a gate that will work, since they are scaling the superyard.

QUOTE(shandy @ Mar 13 2009, 12:29 AM) [snapback]1226064[/snapback]
holy cow! that was awesome Rachel!!
I'm still in awe at watching him walk! that's crazy!
ps: LOVED that outfit you have him in!

and the clapping was just as sweet

I'm a big fan of JC Penny's Okie Dokie clothes. I haven't checked out the girls stuff, but the boys outfits have the nicest bright bold colors and patterns.

 

Aww Rachel, that was the cutest ever! You've got a beautiful family! And it's so adorable to see the concentration on his face; he so wants to get to Daddy

 

Go Mark!!

I love the clapping sitting on Daddy's lap where he looks back at Daddy - soooo cute!!

 

Oh my goodness THAT'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE!!! Both the walking and clapping hands!!!!

 

Too cute. My girls are right there too, early wlakers oh boy.

Congrats

 

Way to go Mark! They are precious Rachel!

 

Very cute!! Wow, that is early for walking.

 

Way cute! Congratulations on your walker!

 

How cute, just now when I played the video both of my girls came over here and watched it too. What cute boys you have!

 

:clapping: :woohoo: :banana: Congrats!! So cute!!! Look out, mama, those boys are really moving! Thanks for sharing

 

Wow!! :woohoo:

How adorable! Congrats!!

 

WOW!! That is exciting! My oldest started walking at 9 months and I thought that was early! Way to go kiddos!!

 

Yeah for walking!!! I can't see the videos here at work, but I'll definitely take a look at them later when I get home

 

Thanks ladies. Aimee, I'll tell Mark he has some lady admirers

 

:Clap: Your boys are doing GREAT! :good:

 

Wow! Yeah for walking!!!

 

Rachel thats awesome! yeah little guy! i wanna see more pics

 

That's amazing!! My boys didn't walk until 14 months! I'm so impressed!!! Aren't your little men the ones who climb the superyard like it's a rock wall? Those are some seriously extreme athletes you've got there!

 

QUOTE(mommymeg @ Mar 14 2009, 08:35 PM) [snapback]1228324[/snapback]
That's amazing!! My boys didn't walk until 14 months! I'm so impressed!!! Aren't your little men the ones who climb the superyard like it's a rock wall? Those are some seriously extreme athletes you've got there!

Yep that's my boys. They still scale the superyard. I tried putting the shoes on them, and that worked for about a week; now they climb the superyard with their shoes on. My DH caught one of them pushing the activity table up to the edge of the superyard and climbing up on top of the activity table. We're suffering from a baby proofing nightmare.

My DH was a track star; maybe he passed it on to the boys.

 

Rachel, they are so cute!!!! They are getting so big, I can't believe he is walking already. They are doing great!!!!

Jen

 

Holy cow, that's great! What amazing boys. I am excited, and also a little scared, for you

 

Congrats! I had an early walker as well. Sofia was 9.5 months when she started walking all by herself, she had been cruising and taking steps since 8 months. Poor Ryan crawled after her for about 2 months before he decided he could do it too.

 

WTG! :banana: My oldest walked at 7.5 months old! Very cool huh?

 

Wow! Amazing!