A day for the ages

Quinn started the day by climbing all 15 steps from the first floor to the second floor, virtually unaided (but closely monitored however, since climbing down isn't mastered yet). He finished up the day by walking behind his big dump truck, back and forth across the room about a dozen times. Both of these achievements are coming somewhat out of the blue. We had some stair climbing lessons a few weeks ago, and Bec was showing him again yesterday, but today he virtually took off on his own, with little help, except some help focusing half way up when he caught sight of the cats.

We've tried him out walking behind the dump truck a couple times and he seemed to sort of get it. Today he got himself stood up behind the truck on his own and walked a short way. When Bec noticed and started turning him around at the other end of the room, he did it over and over 8 times! He did it again tonight a bunch of times when I got home from work. He's very proud of himself, rightfully so. If he hadn't caught sight of the cats again tonight I think he'd still be walking around in circles.

I've noticed this pattern a number of times now. Show him something once and he sort of does it but doesn't seem that interested; let it percolate a few days and then show him again; then by the third time, he masters it as if he'd been doing it for years. He picks things up quickly, it seems - gotta read up on what things are coming up to keep developmentally feeding him.