The Harris Family

We heard from another set of parents that if a baby can walk at least 50 steps unassisted, then that is considered to be “officially” walking.

Well, on Saturday, Elsa hit that milestone and walked 64 steps unassisted before grabbing on to a cabinet to see what was inside. And on Sunday, she walked 60+ steps several times, including at Crossroads Mall. So we’re officially giving her a “walking” merit badge!

Elsa has been getting better each day, gaining confidence and branching out to walk alone more often. She hit a milestone this weekend where she now walks as her primary mode of locomotion when she’s already standing (as opposed to sitting down and crawling.)

Here’s a video that captures some of the trials and tribulations of Elsa learning to walk:

Click here if you want to download the high-quality version of the movie, since it looks like the web version has been going up and down…

Yesterday at around 5:30, Elsa finally took her first steps!

She’s been standing unaided for several months, and she has been successfully walking behind her push toys for nearly as long. But until last night, unless there was something to hold on to, Elsa would stand up and then eventually sit down.

But last night, she got impatient for her “lawn mower” push toy to get situated and started walking towards it. (Well, more accurately, lunged towards it.)

She was delighted that she could move while standing, and she wanted to try it over and over.

We took some video of her an hour later; by this time Elsa was getting a little bit tired, but you will definitely get the idea.

We are very proud of her and it looks like she’ll be walking soon!