I observed Teilo mainly at home, however one of the observations was done while he was in a playgroup at Gymboree. I did the 5.2 observational activity while at home since that is the most detailed and succinct of the choices. Also he is very familiar with the home atmosphere and there are not a lot of distractions for him there. I was able to check off many of the activities on the checklist. The only thing that I could not observe him doing at home was walking up and down stairs. I have observed him performing this ability at his grandpa’s house and other relatives that have stairs. Of course it is a slow task. He will take a minute to contemplate the stairs, then he stands up with his hand against the wall, then he gets down on his knees again, and then he will either crawl up or back down, stopping every step or two to look at me or his grandpa. He doesn’t really walk down the stairs though, he will crawl down them backwards. (This amazes me since he was onl

On average a child can walk while holding a hand at 9 months, can stand alone momentarily at 10 months, and can walk well, unassisted at 12 months. Chapter 5 p. 141). Teilo has just started to walk. As of the writing of this paper, he has taken a total of 4 steps on his own. He fell a bit behind of his schedule for walking because he was born with a club foot and had a cast on his foot for 2 months. At 8 months of age when he went in for the cast he was on the fast track to walking. He was pulling himself up on everything and finger - walking. Then when his cast went on he seemed to lose interest in walking. Although I can’t blame him because I am sure the cast was heavy and it looked cumbersome. It was probably something hard for him to figure out. He even stopped crawling for a day or two. But then he became comfortable with the cast and he would stand a little bit but still nothing like before the cast. Now that it is off he sprint- crawls but he is very tentative about walking. He is a very steady walker and we even had his foot doctor tell us that he stands much sturdier than many babies his age. And it is true when I look at Teilo I never see him waver and fight to stay up. However he seems very apprehensive about moving his feet, it is almost as if he is quite content just standing still. I believe that this is a test of wills he knows how much I want him to walk and he is playing with me.

I have also observed Teilo climbing on things. He will climb on me when we are

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