Rookie Dad: Get up, stand up

Even as our entire household fights off numerous bugs, infections and viruses there are milestones being reached every day. Just a couple nights ago - Wednesday to be specific - The Youngling reached yet another milestone.

As I returned from the kitchen I noticed that she seemed taller than usual. I looked again and sure enough The Youngling was standing up. Her motivation for this was that we had left the silverish TV remote on the coffee table and that remote, to her, is like crack.

Everywhere that remote is, she is climbing, crawling or pawing for it. She pushes the buttons, changes the television from cable to antenna settings (which nearly led to me calling the cable company), changes channels at pivotal moments during my favorite programs and simply bangs in on the floor and tables in the living room. It's much more than a simple household electronics device to her, it's hours of entertainment and unintentional motivation.

The standing all by herself event took place just days after The Youngling totally nailed true-to-form crawling. Yep, she's got the whole crawling on her knees thing down after months of her Army crawling throughout various rooms on our home's first floor.

And after standing soom comes walking. I really need to start moving stuff higher and take care of some baby proofing. That bag of broken glass on the first shelf of the bookcase isn't going to move itself.