Climbing Mount Everest

Ok. Not really , it's just that Gavin has the same focus trying to climb in and out of his crib recently as people have when trying to climb a mountain! He is REALLY determined. He was so determined with it yesterday evening, that we ended up eating our dinner in his room watching him try to climb into his crib. He's actually more focused on climbing INTO the crib, than out! It seems that his crib has become one of his favorite places to play recently, after realizing that cribs can be more than just for sleeping! A week or two ago, all of a sudden, he learned how to fall asleep on his own in his crib. AFTER playing in it for a while though. But still, that's fine. The point being is that he can sometimes fall asleep on his own without being held! But it seemed that the more we did that (put him in his crib to fall asleep on his own), the more he realized how much fun it was to play in the crib BEFORE falling asleep. And because he's got quite a bit of energy, now he's really having a great time jumping up and down in the crib holding onto the rail. He did it for about half an hour straight today. Actually, that was after his nap, but still, lots of fun for him apparently. It's good exercise and good for leg strength I suppose. I guess that's probably one of the reasons he's trying to climb INTO the crib, because he can jump up and down for a lot longer than I'll hold his hands and let him jump on the couch!

Luckily, his legs are just a bit short to climb into and out of the crib. I'm still kind of surprised he can't quite do it though, since he learned a week or two ago that he can climb in and out of the playpen (Pack and play type) downstairs. He learned to climb IN first, then figured out a safe way to climb out. I thought they were the same height as the crib, but apparently not. His legs are just an inch or two too short to get out of the crib, so if he was a normal height for his age, he'd have no problems. We keep thinking he'll make it, then he doesn't, so we have to help him. But I'm figuring within a week or so, he'll figure out a way to do it, even with his short legs! But for now,we'll just know that every day we'll probably have "crib-time", a regular scheduled activity for physical fitness! I'm glad he's found something he likes to do until it gets warm enough outside to go out again!