For weeks now Maddie has been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth. We knew that crawling had to be right around the corner. We have encouraged her with praise, enticed her with her favorite toy and even tried to bribe her with graham crackers but to no avail she wouldnt budge. Two weekends ago she was rocking back and forth and started to attempt to move forward. I got really excited and Daniel ran and got the camera ready to capture her first crawling moments. She tried really hard but she only managed to go backwards. We didnt really know if that counted as her first crawl, I mean it was movement, just in the wrong direction. I remember it was a Friday night because I said by the end of the weekend she was going to be crawling, forward. Well two weeks have gone by and she is quite proficient and crawling backwards, but she has not truly gone forwards. Tonight she got very close. I think the problem is that she wants to use her feet to go forward. She wants to bypass the knees altogether and use her feet. Its quite strange because she kicks out her foot and tries to propel herself forward with it. Is quite cute. I am sure in no time she will be trucking along on her knees.
