A while ago, Aiden went to the doctor for his 10 month visit. The doctor was a bit concerned that he was behind on a few key areas (he still doesn’t crawl, nor couldn’t stand up on his own). We had never really encouraged standing, so we weren’t sure if it was his deficiency or our own fault. The doctor wanted Aiden to take a Denver test to see where he was on several key developmental areas.
So we went crazy trying to get him to stand up. And he did, that night.
Now, he’s able to pick himself up on almost anything–a chair, your pant legs, the side of his crib. We’ll walk into his room in the morning, and he’ll be standing there in his crib, right in the corner, looking at you, arms outreached in the pick-me-up-pick-me-up position.
He can also sit up from a laying-down position. It’s funny–he gets on his stomach, and gets into a crawling pose. He keeps his hands stationary, but “walks” forward with his feet to get his bottom up in the air. Then, he falls over onto his side, and pushes himself up onto his bottom. It’s amazing that a little human can figure these things out on his own, and in such a unique way.
So, we went back to the doctor for the Denver test. 45 minutes of waiting led way to 5 minutes of testing. And, by “testing”, I mean “questions for us”. We could have done this test ourselves if we had bothered to look it up. AND, since it wasn’t a “regular” office visit (no co-pay for that), we had to pay a chunk of our deductible. Ugh.