Surprises
In the late 20th century, Stephen Jay Gould, my favorite paleonotologist that did not discover a 44 foot T. Rex skeleton, devised this idea of stuttering evolution called punctuated equilibrium. The idea is that evolution doesn't necessarily happen gradually, but sometimes happens in spurts. Kids develop, it seems to me, in the same way.
Isaac, all of a sudden started flipping and flopping like a fish yesterday and now his is officially mobile. It is not a crawl or a walk, but a roll. Here are a few samples:
He rolls all over the place. Put him down and he will flop backwards then roll around. The record right now is about two rolls, but he is working on three and then I think the the training wheels will be off and he will be zooming around like felled oak down a hillside.
Isaac, all of a sudden started flipping and flopping like a fish yesterday and now his is officially mobile. It is not a crawl or a walk, but a roll. Here are a few samples:
He rolls all over the place. Put him down and he will flop backwards then roll around. The record right now is about two rolls, but he is working on three and then I think the the training wheels will be off and he will be zooming around like felled oak down a hillside.