Rohan's been getting a lot closer to walking, taking 5-6 steps at a time! We have this 'game' we do that seems to be helping... probable everyone is doing the same thing? I don't know.
Michael (or sometimes Kym) and I sit on the floor a few feet apart from each other, just enough for 3-4 steps. I turn Ro around on his feet so he has a solid stance and say "Dada, got to Dada". Michael is sitting there with a big smile, holding out his arms, cheering and clapping. Rohan walks the few steps it take to get to him.
Then we both clap, laugh a lot, cheer and Michael hugs him.
Then he turns Rohan around and says 'Mumi, mumi, go to Mumi..." I do the same thing.
Rohan loves it, he is crazy about this game!! He sometimes gets a little too excited, jumps up and down, or loses his balance and falls. About half the time, he lunges for us on the last step, and kinda falls into us (we will catch him) or just running at us and crashes onto us. But he is laughing all the way down.
The fear is gone because he doesn't have far to go and we try to steady him when we start him off.
We go back and forth until he loses interest.
We'll know when because when I turn him around to face Michael, he will just refuse to stand, and after a few tries, we do something else, its usually after ~6 minutes or so.
As he has gotten better, we now sit further apart and I swear he is getting so much better in just a week!
He now will take a few steps, stop & steady himself if he has to, and then go the rest of the way. Now that's something like walking, right?
Its also really fun for him and for us!
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