Mobile One

If this child were a car, she'd be revving up her engines, y'all. She can stand on all fours, just like Jake the dog. She can't go forward or backwards, but she can move her body up and down a bit. Her general sentiment seems to be that movement of any kind is superior to staying still. And today she had a new trick--rolling. Does anyone remember this poem, "The Bagel" by David Ignatow?

The Bagel

I stopped to pick up the bagel
rolling away in the wind,
annoyed with myself
for having dropped it
as if it were a portent.
Faster and faster it rolled,
with me running after it
bent low, gritting my teeth,
and I found myself doubled over
and rolling down the street
head over heels, one complete somersault
after another like a bagel
and strangely happy with myself.

-- David Ignatow

Is there a Shel Silverstein story with a similar theme? I'm remembering something, dimly.

Pearl's rolling (thus far) is sideways. Somersaults are yet to come. I'll keep you posted. [Note to self: Videotape our favorite human tumbleweed tonight.]

Comments

[Robyn]

Harris rolled over at 3.5 months. i'll never forget it..cuz it was Halloween 2002. and he was wearing his pumpkin pjs. and he rolled. and he rolled. and he rolled. pretty much across the blanket we'd laid out on the floor.

and that was the end of lumpy baby.

2 months later...he started crawling. and pulling up by 6 months.

we'd hear about babies who you could put in one place and they'd stay there...at 7 or 8 months...and WISH that was our experience!

we are all in such a rush to see these developments...but honestly...i'm hoping for baby#2 to move a BIT more slowly this go round.

congrats Pearl! way to explore your world!