Standing up

Tristan’s been able to get from non-standing to standing position without using any climbing props for a couple of days now – enough for me to notice it’s not just a fluke and he’s able to do it for real!

He’s also been walking, walking, and a bit more walking and it’s a wonderful thing. We went out to the local park this morning and Tristan walked in a very deliberate path for an impressive amount of time. Hopefully he can be trained early on to follow me or us on command – that way, it’ll be so much easier for us patience-wise to let him explore.

We found some new shoes – a tiny little pair of Pumas at Babies R Us that unfortunately have laces rather than velcro but it was the only pair remotely in his size, and a pair of Crocs that are too large but the next size is too small, and some of those slip-on water socks with a cute little matching water hat. Tristan loves the Pumas and hasn’t yet tripped over the laces, which come untied unless I consciously remember to tie the laces in reverse so the knots don’t slip. He immediately kicked off the Crocs and I haven’t had a good opportunity to use them again yet. I haven’t gotten the water socks onto him but I bought two pair; the theoretical correct size and the next size up. Said theoretical correct size of water sock is tiny and to add insult to injury, I’ve already lost one so I can’t give them away or try to return them. I’ve seen his feet next to his peers’ feet – Tristan has some clomping paws, all right. But this is a pain in the butt as his shoe size is probably 5 1/2, which I’ve only seen so far at Payless of all places (after we got/liked the Pumas, of course). So hopefully his feet will grow just a tiny little bit soon so all of the shoes fit properly.

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