Sitting Up!

 Caleb is sitting up! He isn't very stable and he leans way forward, but he is doing it! He is also army crawling and getting up on all fours!

Jude
by Lise James

I'm watching you watch.

Legs kicking, arms reaching.

Dreaming of moving.

Loud, happy shrieks.

Chewing on hot wheels.

Mimicking almost,

your brothers' play.

"No, No, Stay Small!"

Squeezing you, I

snuggle you close.

We walk.

Balancing fat baby legs on

my bony left hip.

Now up to my shoulder,

Now perched on my knee.

My arms ache,

My back is stiff.

I lay you down.

Dreaming of days when

You move on your own.