4 weeks ago, on the 16th of December, Jude took his first tentative steps without holding on.Today he actually started walking.
What could I possibly mean by that? Well I don't really know myself, except for an entire month Jude has been walking but not very willingly. He would walk if stood in position and prompted, but he preferred to crawl to actually get from A to B. Today he decided walking was not so bad and started strolling casually around like an old pro. He still waves his hands out in front like he's trying to conjure a rabbit from a hat, but he can use his hands to carry things like his hat, sunscreen and sandals in the hot and humid middle of the day when he suddenly decided he wanted to go out.
He also showed us that he understands "take this to daddy" when I handed him a small starfish toy and he proudly walked off to locate daddy and hand his booty over. Daddy returned the gesture "take this to mummy" with another randomly chosen object and Jude brought it proudly to me.
Why did he take 4 weeks to actually walk? I've never heard of this before. Sure I've heard of plenty of children waiting until 15 months to start walking, but this bizarre month-long refusal to walk when he knew how has me baffled. He's clearly of royal lineage and wants to be carried on his silver chariot as long as he can get away with it.
