My nephew, who is now 2 ½ years old, started crawling at around 8 months old. Starting out was difficult, he had difficulty balancing himself on his hands and knees, and it seemed that the lower half of his body, especially his behind, seemed to weigh him down. He also did not know how to move his body forward, and ended up crawling backwards most of the time. At times, after much difficulty, he would successfully move forward a little. Plus, he didn’t have much stamina, and would collapse after a while. I have a video of him trying to crawl, and it’s one of my favourite things to watch.
When he falls down, he just gets up and tries again. Over and over again. He doesn’t complain, he just gets up and do it. Once when he fell, he sprained his wrist and was in pain for a few days and couldn’t crawl as usual. But after the pain was gone, he was up and at it like it never happened.
Children have such amazing powers of resilience. Nothing gets them down. If they fall, they just get up over and over again. They do not let the memory of falling before scare them. They never give up. Adults would do well to have their never say die spirit, especially in trying times like these.
Your nephew's photo - so cute. Agree with what u said. I longed for my childhood's courage and sense of adventure. Besides acquiring a big behind from all the armchair-adventures, I have lost my colorful imagination.
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