Colette and I are in for trouble.  Bella is only 7 months old and already has taken more of an interest in walking than crawling.  Her main purpose for crawling is to get to something that she can pull herself up on and walk around.  She makes her way around the coffee table, reaches across to the couch and back again, the rocking chair, our legs, anything about 6 inches off the ground she is standing herself up with it.  In the last week or so she has also discovered that she can climb.  This where the trouble begins.  Fortunately, she hasn’t made it anywhere dangerous but I can tell the thoughts are there.  To give you an idea of what I am pretty sure we are in for, here is a little story from my childhood.

Growing up my grandparents had a staircase that they were always careful to block off.  I certainly did not need to go climbing up the stairs by myself, I was too young.  One visit, just like always they blocked off the stairs.  Everything is safe, right?  For whatever reason I was left alone for a very short time.  When my mother returned I was half way up the stairs, but not on the safe side of the railing.  No, I was climbing up on the outside of the railing, on what was no more than half a foot.

I’m glad we don’t have stairs, but I’m wondering what ways Bella will find to scare us to death.