It's hard to definitively answer the question, "When did he take his first step?" He has been pulling himself up to a standing position for a long time, and gradually learning how to balance himself. He began trying to walk a month or more ago, but he usually plopped back down after only one or two steps. For one thing, he was too chubby for his little legs to carry him very far. But the biggest problem seemed to be that he just didn't trust himself to stay upright, and it was safer and easier to hit the floor.
Now, his legs have gotten a bit stronger, and he's been watching all the fun his sisters and their friends have by walking, running and jumping.
The first time he really took a good strong sequence of steps and covered some ground in a straight line was in the lobby of the Hyatt Waterfront hotel in Philadelphia when we were getting ready to check out on Friday morning, August 24. After he found out he could do that pretty well, he started doing it over and over and over, first at his Mam-mam's house that weekend, then at his twin cousins' birthday party, and now at home. Here's one of his less successful efforts:
Look out world!
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