After pulling himself up to a standing position, Noah started exploring other maneuvers that he could accomplish in the crib. As long as i don't leave the room, he could be content to practice on his own for up to an hour.
Watching him learning to use his limbs this way reminded me of climbing. It was so similar.
"okay, two hands holding on bummer holds, now can i reach further diagonally?" gingerly freed up left hand and trying to reach...close, closer, got it! whew!
now, can i move the other hand over too? FELL! crap. try again.
right hand out first, can't reach, how about i twist my body this way, ah, better. let me move my feet closer too, then. now that's much better.
It goes on like this over and over. It was fun to watch Noah gets better and better from practice. He was much faster at adapting and progressing in his crib than me on the rock though.
I wonder whether adults love climbing so much because it allows us to go back in time and remember how much fun it was to learn to use our limbs again.
Gui said it also explained why kids naturally love rock climbing. It came to them very easily since it was so fresh in their mind how to use their bodies to scale the space, either horizontally or vertically.
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