I watched problem solving at its finest today. With him being about 8 months old and at the prime age for beginning to crawl, I have made an extra effort to try to encourage him to move and get his toys rather than just giving him everything within reach. I really messed with him today and placed all of his toys on the opposite side of the playmat, about 5 feet away. I watched him struggle to stretch and reach with his arms and kick those little legs back and forth as hard as he could for a minute or so. Then, all of a sudden, he flipped onto his back, and he began to scoot so quickly using his legs to push him across the playmat! He kicked himself right up next to the toys and then quickly flipped back on his stomach. It was so impressive and seemed completely intentional. Go Nico!
We had seen him scoot that way a few times before, but it had never been with such a purpose. Very cool to watch. If I am this amazed over him getting to his toys, I can't imagine how proud I will be with other milestones and accomplishments in the future. Ha!
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