If you say "yaaay!" anywhere in Sophie's earshot, she'll look for you, grin hugely, and start clapping -- every now and then looking at you with grave concern, as if she's not clapping in the proper way. She is as regular and dependable in this regard as a Swiss brass monkey might reasonably be expected to be, if the Swiss were to make brass monkeys.
She will also open tupperware to see what's inside, but then -- I think out of a sense of completeness -- replace the lid with stern determination, clearly aware that extracting whatever is inside is not nearly as important as returning the tupperware to its pristine, sealed state. She does not, however, burp it first.
She does not crawl. She does, however, do this bizarre sort of butt-scooting, corkscrewing motion that eventually gets her where she wants to go, albeit considerably more slowly and with significant effort. I theorize that she does this for artistic reasons.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
That's so sweet!
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Both ElJay and I did the butt-scooting rather than crawling. We got quite fast at it.
It is a mark of superior intelligence.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
As a former butt scooter, I'm going to have to agree. I did both, though, depending on my mood.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
What Dana neglects to mention is that they really only stopped a couple of years ago.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
They stopped? That's not what I was told.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I just realized that I have no clue how I got around as a child. For some reason (Probably the same reason we have no more than 10 pictures of me between ages 6 and 21), my mother has chosen not to tell me what I was like as a baby.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Boris was force-grown! Boris was force-grown! nyah...nyah...nyah...nyah,nyah,nyahhhhhhh.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I skipped the crawling stage and went from sitting to standing to using furniture as a zimmer frame to move around.
Ah, the many inventive methods of the child.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
My little brother used to do a kind of commando crawl - flat on his stomach, pulling himself across the floor by his elbows.
He got amazingly fast - especially on the polished wood floors.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: Boris was force-grown! Boris was force-grown! nyah...nyah...nyah...nyah,nyah,nyahhhhhhh.
You all wish you could be me, though... Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
*laugh* Sophie sounds like a peach, Tom.
Hmm. I can remember not knowing how to stand upright, but I don't have any memory of actually learning how to. Weird.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
My nephew was a roller - he would orient himself correctly, and then roll to the target. He was much faster at that than he ever was at crawling.
And Tom, the look of determination is so cute on kids that age. Whatever they are doing is clearly the most important thing in the whole world ever.
Unless someone says, "Yaaay!"
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"Sophie sounds like a peach, Tom."
You get weird fruit out there, eh? Mine's never tried to open tupperware, thank God. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Whenever Ryan sees a gator, he raises both hands over his head. I'm not sure where he picked that up.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
"Sophie sounds like a peach, Tom."
[Insert appropriate baby-eating joke here]
I'm sorry, I don't have the strength to do this this morning.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
quote:Whenever Ryan sees a gator,...
Um...I believe the proper response to teach him is to RUN LIKE HECK!!!!
[ March 30, 2005, 08:01 AM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I agree. Those UF fans are crazy.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Bob, didn't you know that if you freeze, you're OK. Gators are attracted to movement.
Besides, ff he learned to do the chop whenever he saw a Native American he would be deemed politically incorrect. I think this is for the best.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I stand (motionless) corrected!
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Zotto, that's really interesting. I have memories from that time period too, but I don't have any that really focus on it. I do have memories that focus on crawling and scooting. I thought that scooting was a better way to get around, generally.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
I did the butt-scooting thing, and my sister did the commando-crawl. She eventually moved up to regular crawling, but I didn't learn to crawl until after I'd already learned to walk.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Tom, but Sophie is an apricot!
Don't you remember?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"I stand (motionless) corrected!"
Unfortunately, Bob, that only works for gators. The crocs love their food standing still.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
That's because crocs are fat, slow and stupid. Gators are a much more deadly adversary.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, I love when babies learn tricks! They're so much fun to show all your friends
And thanks for beating me to the link, Rivka. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You're welcome.
Only next time, could you name your thread something with "art" in it? Would've been much easier to search for. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I'm here to challenge and hone your search skills, Rivka. Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :
My brother and I both did the butt-scoot before we learned to crawl. One of my friends, however, when learning to walk, would crawl to the middle of the floor (where there was no furniture) THEN try to pick herself up and walk.
This actually explains a lot about her.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: superior intelligence.
Hatrack genes...
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
Robert was a butt-scooter. We have it on video.
She sounds really cute. Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Oh, we've got all sorts of weird food here. Had some tomatoes that went bad one time...STOLE my CAR. O_O
*ba-dum-bum-pssh*
Oh and riv...that was a distuuuuurbing link. *laugh*
Noeman: Isn't that weird? It's like that for me for a lot of things. I remember NOT knowing how to do something, but I never quite recall the moment when I actually learned it. I have vivid memories of trying to decipher how to spell words, but no recollection of when I actually learned to. Strange.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: Oh and riv...that was a distuuuuurbing link. *laugh*
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