Holy cow, she's cruising!

This morning Samantha pulled herself upright against the sofa in the den, then edged sideways all the way down it to get closer to Ella, who was lying on the other end. That's it, she's officially cruising now. That means she's gone from inching along on her belly to crawling to standing to cruising, all in less than two weeks.

I guess Dr. Pangburn wasn't kidding when she said her gross motor skills were far in advance of her age.

It seems clear that at this rate she'll be walking very early. Friends who have kids of their own have already started offering condolences and saying things like "If you think she's hard to keep up with now, just wait!" I guess we'd better keep up the frantic pace of babyproofing. Amy says that Sam has started trying to climb up the stairs from the bottom, so adding a gate at the bottom of the stairs is now high on the list. I need to find one that attaches to a round stair post; I think there's a specialty gate at www.safebeginnings.com that should do the trick.

Poor Ella. Another gate will be just one more thing for her to adjust to. She's doing pretty well so far, although she does spend more time than I like looking sad or a little dejected. I think it's hard for her not being able to wander freely around the house, and not being the only objects of attention and affection anymore.

Samantha's been napping for the past hour but sounds like she may be starting to stir. More later.