Standing and First Steps

Tonight, Cason took his first steps.  There have been a step here or a step there, but tonight was the first multiple step action!  YAY!

For a month and a half now, Cason has gotten really good at walking behind his train.  We do laps in the empty dining room – the train has wheels that turn so we set the steering wheel all the way in one direction and it makes Cason go in circles.   He’s got pretty good balance and we’ve known for some time that he could stand on his own if he really wanted to.  We’d even caught him a couple of times, when very distracted by something, let go of our hands, our legs, the table etc.  But as soon as he realized what he was doing, he would sit down.  Then we realized how much he likes to clap for himself when we say “yay” or “good job” so we started cheering him on while walking so he’d let go of the toy and stand up.  It worked!  He’s still very reluctant to let go of things… sometimes he’s so cautious, other times (like stairs, couches, beds) he’s not. Always keeps us guessing!

This video was from a week or so ago… its long… there is walking… there is one wipe out… there is standing… there is backwards train riding… just some Case-dog fun. 

And here is the video we got of him “walking” tonight.  He was tired and would only “perform” for so long so this is short and sweet!

First Steps