standing up

ava's crawling is not showing any improvement, and her pediatrician said it would be normal (and harmless) for her to stick with her unique take on the crawl. thus, she'll probably just have to put up with everyone giggling at her until she learns to walk. lately, she's starting to work towards that goal. she's always been very good at standing up if you hold her hands, but now she can hold on to something herself. watching her fall over from her failed attempts to stand up is much less painful then watching her fall over when she was learning to sit. now, she falls on her well padded little bum. then, she kept falling on her head.