In this long delayed video, Elliott demonstrates two of the tricks he learned in a very productive week between April 16th (start of walking) and April 23rd (video taken): he walks, and he drinks from straws.
The walking thing was a bit remarkable. April 4th he took 4 consecutive steps (into a fall), which was unexpected. I was trying to leave for work, and put him down under protest. Something about the way he was meant that he stayed standing, which was not unusual, but he had a funny look on his face. I took a few steps away, and he stepped toward me.With the exception of the occasional lunge up to 6 steps, that was all for the next 12 days. Then, after a long nap, I read a book and, as is our custom, I put him down to pick out and retrieve the next book he wanted. I put him down into a stand, and told him to just walk over to his books (across the room). And he did. I brought him downstairs a few minutes later, and Tessa did not believe me. So he stood up and walked across the room to me, and then proceeded to traverse the length of our house.
A week later, the video above shows how comfortable he looked after the first day, although he was still majority crawling. Three weeks later, he's spends about 80% of his time walking. It is an amazing transition.