As you become more adept at crawling and cruising (walking/standing while holding onto things) and climbing, Mommy and Daddy have been able to spend more time watching you and less time standing beside you to cushion every fall. The exception is around edges and drops; you don’t yet understand why going head-first over edges is a bad idea. Daddy has been practicing with you at the mall play area to climb up things, then turn around to go over edges on your belly. Today, you finally did this on your own. You climbed up onto a platform, crawled over to the edge, turned around, and slid off onto your feet. You only did it once but that is a good sign for days to come.