Video of Russell's First Swim at 5.5 months

Russell's first swim! It was taken in late May 2005 when he was about 5.5 months old. Actually this was his second time in the pool. First time, he peed 3 times on me and wasn't sure of himself. Now on his second visit, he is pretty comfortable and already enjoying the water.
We only bought him the waterproof underwear and put a T Shirt on him. He seems pretty happy to be in the water and quite naturally does the breastroke kick (frog kick).
He loves the fountain in the pool and keeps wanting to get near it. Swallowed a few gulps of water but quickly learned to spit out after a few times in the pool.

Video of Russell Crawling at 7 months

Here we go... after months of doing the stationary rocking on all fours, Russell is now in motion! This was taken in July 2005

We have been told it is important to have the baby learn to crawl and use their hands and feet. The act of crawling actually helps them learn coordination and heightens their experience of touching and feeling. We had a mother who shared one of her kids skipped crawling and went to walking and she believes that it actually impacted the kid's learning in his early years esp in the area of motor skills. Just some trivia.