Little EC decided yesterday to practice her standing-alone. So she crawled over to me, climbed up my knee or shoulder, stood, let go, and fell. Most of the time she was only up a second or two, just long enough that inertia, not balance, gets the credit for keeping her up. But one time, for a delicious five seconds, I saw her wobble back and forth on her little feet, clearly using her muscles to offset gravity, and she officially balanced on her own for the first time. Having done that, she went back to playing her other games and didn’t try again. I suspect that in a few days’ time she’ll be up for good.