She rocks at gym. She's totally fearless and has a decent amount of coordination to go with it. If she could figure out how to control her head and not smack her chin into the bars, she'd be all set.
At this point, she can get her feet up on the bar on the outside of her hands without assistance so she's hanging like a basket. She has walked up walls to do handstands both on the floor and on the bars. We need to work on her shoulder strength so she can keep herself up a bit better. We do wheelbarrows for that when she'll let me. She walks the balance beam - high and low - with her arms held out and noone holding on to her. She can walk sideways on it, too, but does so very slowly. If I support under her arms, she'll dip her feet down to the sides as she walks.
She can walk up the stairs by herself with one foot per step. I think that's a major physical milestone of some sort. She can come down one foot per step if she's holding your hand and occasionally does it by herself.
She also pedals her trike. She can only do it for short distances and she gets stuck easily, but she can move herself. Steering is something else entirely. Chrys says she steers a bit on the scooter and is slowly learning how to push with one foot; she's only ridden on that a couple of times, though.
Swimming is going well. She paddles her arms - looks more like she's doing "roll 'em up" from pattycake, but she's got to start someplace. She can kick...lots. She can pull herself out of the water on the side of the pool without assistance, which makes this mama much more comfortable with the thought of her being near a pool. She has no fear of walking in water, even up to her chin level. She's actually pretty reckless with it, but doesn't freak out too much when she does slip and go under so that's a good sign.
Yeah...she's got my coordination (and then some) and Chrys' lack of fear. She's going to be nothing but trouble.
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