Happy Accident

One of the big issues with Ella's current gross motor development is her inability to go from a standing position to a sitting position.

Yesterday she was doing her usual walking ping pong back and forth between furniture in the living room. Then, as she was going from the rocking chair to the ottoman, she discovered an obstacle. I had left a blanket roughly folded on the floor. She walked up to it, stopped, balanced for about 1 second, leaned forward placing both hands on the blanket, and then dropped to her knees from there. This is the first time she had done anything like this.

If I had realized that the best way to get her to try new things was to be more of a slob, than I should have allowed myself to be more lazy a long time ago!