October 31, 2000 - Tuesday
Harry has three new talents that he's starting demonstrating over the last couple of days...

First, he's now quite interested in climbing and regularly makes a break for the stairs, which he can go up at quite a fast pace although coming down is still a little tenuous. More interestly in some ways, he has found a large handled basket that resides in our living. It has yarn and other knitting supplies inside, though Harry has not investigated them yet. Instead, he likes to climb up and down from this basket. It's handle is well positioned to offer ideal leverage and stability for a little boy just finding his way. It also provides an excellent support as he reaches for a phone just past the basket, which excites Harry mostly because of the speakerphone button just within reach. That, of course, causes the phone to make noise and he likes to push it repeatedly. He occasionally also hits the re-dial and the Operator button, but so far we've been there to avoid any unforeseen expenses.

Second, Harry has started to use his hands to slide backwards on the wood floors at home. He'll lie with his stomach down and push himself backward, sliding along until he runs into something. So far, he has only hit his head once, inadvertently sliding under a chair and that wasn't really that hard. I'm betting this is a trend that doesn't last too long.

Lastly, Harry now takes off his socks. He usually does it in the car - he's got nothing else to do but yank at things - but he looks so happy and sits there holding a sock in each hand for several minutes. He's such a clever boy.


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