From: Carl Worth Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:45:44 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Add entry for Scott's first steps. X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=cworth.org;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe6fa6ec9515b18acf9df2847a32d235aaee69a7 Add entry for Scott's first steps. --- diff --git a/src/scott/first_steps.mdwn b/src/scott/first_steps.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e501f43 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/scott/first_steps.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +[[meta title="First steps!"]] + +[[tag family scott]] + +A little over two weeks ago, I described Scott's +[[first_time_standing|scott_standing]], along with my hope that he'd +be walking by his second birthday which was just five weeks away at +the time. He went ahead and amazed us by taking his first five steps +just one week later. + +And just like his first time standing, he took his first steps at his +physical therapy appointment. Now, we love Becky, his physical +therapist, (and Julie, his original therapist now on maternity leave), +and she *loves* Scott. So I'm really happy that she got to see him +both stand and walk for the first time. But I couldn't help feeling a +little bit left out that I missed both of these events. Particularly +since, (from the descriptions I've heard anyway), these were things +that Scott just decided to do that were fairly incidental to any +therapy going on at the time. + +In the two weeks since, we've been trying to give Scott lots of +opportunities to walk at home, but he hasn't been extremely +enthusiastic about it. He would take a few steps every once in a +while, but he'd also be just as likely to just laugh and sit down +instead. So I hadn't even succeeded in getting any decent footage to +post here. + +But then, this afternoon, a friend came over and happened to set her +13-month-old son down to crawl around on the trampoline in the back +yard. Scott wasn't going to be left out of this and insisted on +joining in. + +He immediately realized that this was a nice safe place and he started +standing, laughing, and walking as much as possible. And I suddenly +realized how foolish I had been. Of course he tried things out at +physical therapy before trying them at home---at physical therapy he +gets to play on thick, soft pads instead of the relatively hard +carpet, tile, and hardwood he has to deal with at home. + +So, finally, here is a short clip of Scott walking on the trampoline: + + + +[[scott-walking.png]] + + + +Again, see the [[video_instructions]] if you need help getting the +video to play. + +What a difference the trampoline made! As soon as we came inside he +kept walking all over the tiled, kitchen floor. He's still fairly +wobbly and falling down every 6-10 steps or so, but he clearly gained +a lot of confidence from his short time playing on the +trampoline. We'll definitely have to get him out on that more +often. (But we're off to the coast for the next three days---so we'll +have to see how he responds to walking on sand.) + +Thanks to everyone that has expressed their concern for Scott in words +or in prayer. We really appreciate it. diff --git a/src/scott/first_steps/scott-first-steps-2007-07-25.ogg b/src/scott/first_steps/scott-first-steps-2007-07-25.ogg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb51795 Binary files /dev/null and b/src/scott/first_steps/scott-first-steps-2007-07-25.ogg differ diff --git a/src/scott/first_steps/scott-walking.png b/src/scott/first_steps/scott-walking.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24a28ae Binary files /dev/null and b/src/scott/first_steps/scott-walking.png differ