Doing Pull-ups!

Challenged by the doctor’s, “Hmms,” when we told her that Elijah hadn’t pulled himself up to a stand yet, Eli decided to prove her wrong, and started pulling up on things on Sunday. We had previously pushed up some of the couch cushions so he could grab hold of the base of the couch to use as a pull-up mechanism, but he had never shown any interest in doing so (even when mommy would put him on his knees in front of the couch and put his hands on it – nope, not going to do it mama!). On Sunday (March 5, just two days after his appointment) he crawled over to the couch and pulled himself to his knees, and then pulled himself to his feet! He did so repeatedly, and then on another couch, and then on his rocking chair. He’s gotten better at it now, though he still has a long way to go until it’s easy for him. He seems to use his arms to pull himself up rather than push with his legs, but you have to start somewhere people!