Thrilling journey

Today morning we were witness to a thrilling journey.Yes, Chiku made his way right across the room to reach the colourful streamers that were lying at the far end.

We saw him rising on all fours and twisting and suddenly sitting down a week back.A few days later, he was sitting on the bed just beside the cot. He reached out his hand and could touch the top of the bed on the cot and he just heaved himself to stand erect. We were more and more surprised because, here we are eagerly waiting for him to crawl and he is sitting and trying to stand!.

We decided  that he is going to skip the crawling stage and get up and stand and walk. Obviously we were wrong. Today morning he decided to move.It was fascinating and hilarious. He was on all fours and then made one knee touch the ground and tried to move his hands. But he could not.So put his other knee also on the ground and he was able to remove one hand and that made him go forward. So quickly the other hand and after that he lay down flat and tried to move forward on his tummy.See, the sequence reversal? The stage one of movement soon after he is able to turn and lie on his back, he is trying now.Then he moved forward a bit and then again all fours and sat down. And looked. He could see no colour. He was nearer his destination but turned his back on it. He quickly turned around , spread flat on the ground and stretched his hand and he cought it!He took the colourful streamers in both his hands and was fooling around with it, fascinated by the different colours and reflection from the streaming early morning sun and he could get his hands on it, around it and through it.He also loved the rustle the paper makes. All in all happy.

Grandparents dont require much of a drama to be thrilled.And this was a real treat!

Beware. Chiku is on the move. Parents have to immediately turn to traffic policemen on 24/7 duty!