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Vai’s been really into crawling, cruising and climbing so far. But somehow he’s not that interested in walking. Not quite too sure why.

He’d usually take a few steps forward and:
> squat, then crawl
> fall, then crawl
> throw himself forward towards me

These past fews days Vai’s been more into walking though. When we hold him by the hand, he’s willing to walk (in the past, after taking ten steps or so, he’d want to squat and crawl again).

When Wilson and I ask him to walk back and forth between us, he’s more willing to do that too.

[His walk is still very wobbly and unstable though ... with both hands up in the air. Heh.]

Anyway.

We often encourage him to try out his walking steps, and when he shows he wants to crawl again, we cheer and ask him to continue with his walk. If he does go back to crawling, we let him.

Frankly we’re not worried about it. Every kid is unique and Vai’s going to walk when he’s developmentally ready.

And I believe there’s a time for everything and we can’t (and shouldn’t) push something forward before its intended time.

And so right now we keep on encouraging him and enjoy his crawling moments while we still can, for we know soon he’d be walking everywhere and getting himself lost in the crowd!