She's Holding Out!

 Olivia just turned 8 months old two days ago. Does she sit on her own? Oh yeah, that's her specialty! Sit and smile sweetly in one spot for long periods of time. Does she roll over? She can, but she won't. Not interested unless she absolutely has to. Does she crawl? No, she can push herself backwards on her tummy or bottom, but refuses to bend her knees for the crawling position, and the backwards deal just frustrates the heck out of her. She'd rather sit and play with toys or people watch. Does she pull herself up to stand? No, not yet, but she enjoys standing very much. She does pretty well as long as she's holding on to something stable.

I try not to compare kids, but I couldn't help but go back and see what Collin was up to at Olivia's age. He was doing all of the above, including a little cruising using the furniture. We had to lower the crib mattress for him because we were afraid he'd try to climb out. Is it a boy-girl thing? A second child thing? Or is Olivia just a unique personality who is content to sit and watch the world go by? I know her time will come, but I'm a little anxious for her to start moving to relieve some of her frustration when a toy she wants is out of reach or when she gets bored of the same scenery. Of course as soon as she starts crawling, I am going to be faced with breaking up fights over who gets what toy. Collin already has a conniption if she gets her hands on one of his trains. Fun, fun!