January 19, 2001 - Friday
Adults' heads are generally 1/6-1/7 their entire height. With toddlers, the head is nearly twice that proportion. Here, that means the hood for Harry's sweatshirt goes clear down his back as he toddles around from one room to another. And, he does easily move now about the house. He can almost run, but I guess we still have a week or two reprieve from that. However, he's at an age when people have started to ask how childproof our house is. It's not terribly so, though so far Harry's been very good about staying clear of the few objects we've trained him avoid (like the wood stove, the plants, the CD rack, and the wire rack). We've tried to be selective, so he does get a complex about touching anything, and so far he seems to understand these limits. Somehow, it makes sense that he should learn limits intellectually rather than physical because physical limitations are simply speed bmups on the road to discovery. On the other hand, aside from the stove, I don't think we've left any real serious looming dangers. And, our house allows us to see from the kitchen through to half of the living room.

For now, it's just amazing watching him maneuver around various objects, to turn his body just enough to fit through tight areas and turn corners, or to watch him swing his arms or swivel his upper body when he walks. He's already fine-tuning his basic skills that we thought he just learned. And, he's awfully cute doing it.


Comments, opinions?