Over the last week or so R has been trying reallly hard to crawl. She managed to start scootching along, mostly backwards. She did this sometimes on her belly, sometimes on her bottom. It was pretty impressive, but she quickly started getting frustrated with not being able to get exactly where she wanted.
Last week R made the leap from needing me to put her into a sitting position to sometimes being able to sit up. This week she began doing so consistently. At the same time she was learning to sit up and lie down she started desperately trying to move forward. Slowly she began figuring it out and the last two days she has been very close, especially when trying to reach my iPad or phone. Today she succeeded, and succeeded more than once! It was quite wonderful.
This will definitely change everything. The baby gate we have is not really suitable for the stairs so I’ll be struggling to get it in and out all the time. My dad has offered to make us a custom gate that is on hinges and will open more easily. I’m looking forward to that. In the meantime I’ll be extra cautious opening and closing the gate and keep an eye on her so she doesn’t try and climb up it.