Movin’ on…down?
pamelamyers | June 25, 2011
Sam has known how to go up steps for quite a long time. Down, however, well, that’s another story. She never really goes down steps. Our little girl is more than happy to be carried, thank you very much. I decided it is more than time for her to be comfortable going down as well as up. At my mom’s house, we have tried showing her how on the steps by the front door, and she does ok, but she always looks a bit terrified. Today, Sam was pushing around her baby doll stroller (pictures of that to come, for sure, it is adorable watching her push her doll–my old doll) and I thought it was a perfect time to take 5 minutes to take a broom to my stairs. So, off I went up the steps. I got about 4 steps down when I heard a little giggle. Here comes Sam!
I told her mommy was sweeping and she needed to go back down. She surprised me by actually going down the steps! She went down backwards, holding on to the step above her, and reaching her little feet down below. She made it to the bottom, I of course, made a huge fuss, and finished sweeping. Sam then promptly went up about 4 steps and descended again. She did this a few times. Some of the time, she went down backwards, some of the time, on her butt, and some of the time, a mixture of both. I think she is trying to figure out which way she is more comfortable. Frankly, I don’t care which she chooses as long as she is comfortable doing it, and therefore, safe. Pretty soon, there will be no stopping her!
