Left hand, right knee, right hand, left knee

After months of pushing himself backward, dragging himself forward, and getting his leg stuck underneath him, Emmett manages to get himself up on all fours and make his first crawl, much to his mother's astonishment, delight and horror. Hard to say whether hardwood is a help or a hindrance, but the lure of knocking down blocks is difficult to resist.

Coordinating his left hand, right knee, right hand, left knee is still a challenge, but it won't be long until he's able to grab his watergun and chase the squirrels away. His parents high five that.

Maybe we should avoid caffeine altogether

Fearing that he might chew a hole clear through their new kitchen floor, Emmett's parents add Red Bull to Emmett's list of banned substances. Like the jittery movements and hyperventilation weren't incentive enough.

Kitchen craters begone

It wasn't the Home Renovation Tax Credit that finally motivated Emmett's parents to get the kitchen floor fixed. It was the fact that Emmett was starting to show signs that locomotion was imminent... and nothing peels up crumbling tiles like an crawling baby with a stuck throttle.