Jack's New Mobility

"It's been while since we had a "Scooter" in class," the day care teacher in the nursery told Mom today.

She was of course talking about Jack's new mobility. He hasn't learned to crawl, Jack "scoots." It's amazing, but he can be six feet from where we have placed him on the floor and still in the same upright position. He's figured out how to move while sitting on his bottom. He will stretch his feet inches farther, while keeping them close enough together, then leveraging his weight on the front two feet he'll drag his bottom across the floor until the heels are close to the rest of his body. Repeat this process and you will be amazed at how far a boy determined to get a piece of paper, a drawer, a toy, or something in his sight into his hands can move.

He scooted himself across the floor a couple of feet yesterday to get to the end table flanking the couch in the family room; pull down a magazine, and begin to tear the pages out. The only audible clue was his squeals of delight at reaching his destination and getting into things he is not supposed to be able to reach.

"The scooters don't happen very often," the teacher further told Mom today. "Once he gets started, he'll have the whole class doing the same thing."

Ahhh, what can I say. Our Jack. He is a pioneer.