October 26, 2000 - Thursday
Harry can stand by himself now without holding anything for about five seconds. After that he tends to get a little nervous and slowly descends into a squat and then a crawl. Sometimes when he's standing there for those few seconds, I look at him and think I see in his eyes that he knows what's going on: that he's standing by himself and that he's so close to walking for the first time and that he understands the magnitude of that milestone. His eyes seem to open a little wider, and he gets a little hint of a devious grin, but then reality seems to strike him. The twinkle leaves his eyes and the grin turns to concern as he realizes that he might fall and how embarrassing that would be...or at least how much it would hurt if he hit his head on the floor. He's had experience with that.

Or, maybe it's just me. But, the standing part, he does that.


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