Milestones! Pulling Up!

2 weeks ago I posted about Ariella learning how to get herself from laying down to sitting. Well, Sunday night she learned how to pull up!!! We were playing over by the steps. I had some toys and cheerios a couple of steps up. I got on my hands and knees and then I put my hands 1 at a time on the bottom step, saying "Up Up!" She joined in and copied me! She only did it that 1 time that morning, so in the afternoon I had her trying it again. I had to help her some, but she did it a couple of times on her own.

Then, we moved her over to try by the sofa to get to my ipad to play a game while standing at the side of the sofa. She pulled right up! We couldn't get her to do it again, though.

So, then Sunday night I took her back to the steps. She pulled up a ton of times! She made it a game to stand up and then sort of try to stand without holding on. She would plop down on her tushy, and I would say "Whee! Boom!". I moved her over to the sofa, and she did it there, too - not even to get to a toy, just to do it so she could fall back to sitting and try again! Then, I brought her over to her toy where she can stand and play, and she got right up! I even got video of her pulling up to that one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SoXL9Pu6K8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yesterday my mother in law said that she was able to pull up several times during the day on both the steps and the sofa. And, last night she pulled up on all 3 places that we've been practicing. It wasn't effortless for her. She had several attempts where she didn't make it up. But, I'll bet after some more days of practice she'll be able to do it every time.

I'm very excited! This is huge progress for her!