Ooohhh...Stairs

Since about the end of the summer Ben has been walking while holding onto furniture and become obsessed with climbing the stairs. As time's gone by, he's become pretty fast at crawling over there and making a break for it whenever he gets the chance. We held out putting up a gate as long as we could but now it's probably one of the best things we could have ever bought...for his safety and our sanity! Here are some pics that I took during his beginning fascination with the steps.








At first we could just yell no and that was enough to deter him...and make him cry sometimes. (8/26)

















Then he would stand at the bottom and taunt us with the possibility that he would get all the way up...a few minutes later he did and I got it on video but I can't put it on here. (9/2)











When we first put up the gate we had trouble figuring out the best way keep it up...hence there was a big gap and Ben thought it was a pretty cool challenge to try to fit his head under it. (9/9)














Eventually we figured out the gate but we also realized we needed to give in sometimes and let him go for it...he loves that and he's super fast! (9/13)