tallulah walk watch 2011

So here is how it is:

Back in June, Tallulah began to crawl and pull up at the same time. The pulling up caused some speculation on when she would walk. And as usual with my family, we decided to make it a little interesting. Price is Right Rules applied (which again I will explain to my dad, closest without going over). Annabelle got August 13th. Audrey chose September 1, Mom got September 10th. Dale chose October 10th, I picked October 13th.

Walking was defined as 4 steps in a row without any aid.

In the very beginning of August, she stood up on her own, which is the last hurdle Annabelle conquered a few days before she took off. So it was looking good for Annabelle. But, no dice. It looked really good for Audrey, but no.

Mom's date came and went despite the fact that when she visited she tried to get her to practice by returning the walking toy Audrey's twins had borrowed. Dad's came and went. And then it was me and Dale. The crucial reason I picked her 11th month marker was because while she was a great crawler and a great puller upper, she was not a cruiser (walking while holding onto something). Annabelle crawled, pulled up and cruised all at the same time. Tallulah doesn't. If she wants to go somewhere and is standing, she sits back down and crawls, even if there is a perfectly good coffee table available for her to cruise with.

Dale chose it by pure logic. Asian babies walk late according to some book he read.

Today is October 13th. She is 11 months old. She has until midnight tonight for me to win the kitty. Okay, until 7:00 when she goes to bed.

So, we are going to reset tomorrow. She is starting to cruise. But still prefers to crawl. She can stand on her own for a really long time and is very solid when she does.

Entry fee is ten dollars. I am choosing December 13th.

Ante up!