What goes up, must come down.... and vice versa!

As Leila is getting more and more confident with her walking she is falling down more often. It sounds like it should be the opposite really, but what is happening is that she just wants to walk and walk, so is walking all day long.  Most falls are onto her bottom, but there have been a few unhappy face-plants :-( I am happy to say that we have not used any of our extensive bubble-wrap collection on the solid wood furniture here, and thankfully she has only been adding to her bruise collection gradually.

So from falling down what does she then do? Get back up of course. Leila's preferred way of getting up is alays a helping hand from mum or dad, but she can do it herself from furniture well too. Her new trick though is that she can now push herself up from the floor independently! It's amazing that she has figured out (and got the strength to!) Whast she does is go onto her knees and then lean forward onto her hands infront of her. From here she straightens her legs and forms an arch, then pushes back onto her legs again to stand, The first few times we didn't witness it, but figured she must be doing it herself as she was getting from sitting to standing without any othe objects around. Since witnessing this though, she has now become a pro and can do it so quickly!  Amazing!