Scoot

Our baby can scoot.  What is scooting you ask?  Combine elbow and knee power, add a little momentum, and you have a scoot.  Babs is a scooter. 

Why is this a big deal?  Well, it is now a fact that our baby may not be in the same place where we left her.  Babs has a play mat on the floor, which she loves hanging out on.  Now that she rolls all over, along with scooting, she can move off the mat pretty quickly. 

Other parents that I know tell me that someday infants will begin to crawl, and even walk!  Yes, they can actually get up and leave the room where you left them.  Yikes!  This week has been a momentous one in the extended Riles family, with my nephews Owen and Joseph both taking their first steps!  Congrats, boys. 

Keeping up with my goal of wanting to experience everything with my baby, I just got on my elbows and knees, and scooted across my living room.  Having a hardwood floor, and wearing mesh shorts really helps you scoot.  I honestly don’t remember the last time I scooted before today…probably when I was zero.  It felt freeing, and oddly relaxing.  All adults out there, if you’re not in a hurry, try scooting at some point today. 

Scoot to the water cooler at work.  Scoot off the elevator and into your doctor’s office…guaranteed to get you an appointment really quickly.  Scoot into a police station.  What are they going to do, arrest you?  Scoot you, officer. 

Sometimes adults can be too stiff, so lets act like our kids a little more often.  Have a breakdown in your boss’s office today, and only stop crying when she gives you milk.  Take a nap during your class, and when the teacher yells at you, shout, “I’m teething.”  Wear a onesie to the gym.  Why not? 

Coming later this week we expand on this topic, in an investigative report featuring adults who still use pacifiers.  How old were you when you gave up the pacifier?