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the eric update - day 423: really pretty much almost probably just about standing unassisted ( and walking )!

it seems like just yesterday that i was commenting about the fact that odin was in a gray area with respect to crawling , so it's hard to believe that we're at a similar point with standing unassisted and - maybe - walking!

over the past week or so, he's been intentionally letting go of whatever he's holding onto and standing by himself - sometimes for 5 or 6 seconds; but it's hard to capture on camera, so i thought i might entice him with a set of keys. the ploy almost worked, but not quite :-)

of course, the increased frequency of letting go of corners of tables and whatnot has dramatically increased occurrences of ouchies ( in fact, if you look close to his nose, you can see the results of another recent scrape-up ), but he seems to be surviving.

and while he's been walking with the assistence of a walker for quite some time, we've noticed that occasionally when he stands unassisted - if he's really motivated - he'll even take a step or two!

we might be in this gray area for some time to come, but he's so coordinated when he walks with his walker, that i suspect that sooner rather than later he'll be tearing around the house on two feet!

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8/31/2005 11:50:00 PM 3 comments

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Way to go Odin! I could never catch Magdalena standing those first times with the camera. She was to fast and she knew when I was watching her and would deny me! LOL Man, pretty soon he'll be running and you'll wonder what happened to the days you weren't chasing a toddler around the house!

By Suzanne, at 4:17 PM

Hi, Just wanted to make sure you know that the wagon has been recalled by the manufacturer. I tried to buy it for my child and they are no longer selling it.

By Anonymous, at 4:12 PM

anonymous: " Hi, Just wanted to make sure you know that the wagon has been recalled by the manufacturer. I tried to buy it for my child and they are no longer selling it."

hmmm. we knew they were recalled but i didn't know they stopped selling them since the problem was supposed to be fixed with some replacement wheel clickers. are you sure they weren't just out of stock?

By e3, at 4:26 PM

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