{"id":1354,"date":"2005-02-10T05:11:30","date_gmt":"2005-02-10T13:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/02\/10\/sydney-climbs-a-ladder\/"},"modified":"2005-02-10T05:11:30","modified_gmt":"2005-02-10T13:11:30","slug":"sydney-climbs-a-ladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1354","title":{"rendered":"Sydney climbs a ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sleep on a bunk bed, about six feet off the ground. Under the bed is my computer desk; next to the bed is an extra-tall stepladder, which I use to get in and out of bed.<\/p>\n

Sydney – who is, like a lot of children, physically fearless – really loves the ladder.<\/p>\n

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(There are lots of photos with this entry, so for the benefit of folks with slow connections, the rest is below the fold).
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\nThe first time Sydney tried the ladder, I watched her clamber to the first step (which is only six or seven inches off the ground). The second step is about a foot and a half above the first step. I said “well, that’s as far as she’ll get for a year or so.” A minute or so later, Sydney pulled herself up to the second step. And to the third. And then the fourth. Holy shit!<\/p>\n

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Since then, Sydney has climbed the ladder countless times (always with a grown-up ready to catch her, of course). It’s one of her favorite activities – when she comes into my bedroom, she makes a beeline for the ladder. Pull her off the top of the ladder, she’ll happily climb it again from the bottom.<\/p>\n

What she hasn’t been able to do – despite weeks of trying – is make it from the top of the ladder to the bed. As you can see from the photo below, even from the top step, it’s still a long way to the top of the matress. Which is frustrating for Sydney, since she’d like to reach the cat that often hangs out on my bed. (Ironically, one of the bed’s chief attractions to the cat is that Sydney can’t get up there).<\/p>\n

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So the other day, we thought we’d photograph Sydney’s ladder-climb. We took photos from one angle, then we’d pull her off the ladder and take photos from another angle as she happily climbed again. (I should mention that, although I cropped him out of these photos, Sydney’s daddy Matt was always there, ready to catch Sydney.)<\/p>\n

When we tried it with me on the bed taking pictures of Sydney’s climb from above, though, a surprising thing happened. Sydney climbed on the bed!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The first thing she did once she reached the bed was come over and hug her Uncle Amp. Awwww. Matt grabbed the camera and snapped a photo.<\/p>\n

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From on the bed, I couldn’t really see how Sydney had done it, so we put her back on the floor and she repeated the performance. Check it out. Does this girl rock or what?<\/p>\n

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Sydney is usually a happy baby, but she was positively thrilled to finally reach the top of the bed. In a way, this is her first real accomplishment – the first thing she’s achieved not just through natural growth, but through continued application of effort. Damn, living with a baby is cool.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, in this last photo she’s playing with some of my bedtime reading that she found up there. I can’t say that I enjoy The New York Review of Books<\/em> half as much as Sydney appears to.<\/p>\n

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