I tried to teach DS to go down backwards, or to go down forwards on his bottom. But he wanted nothing to do with that. He sees mommy and daddy walking down frontwards holding the handrail, so that is what he wanted to do (and did it one day himself and fell halfway down the stairs! :() So he walks down the steps frontwards, one step at a time, with me holding one hand and his other hand on the handrail or wall. The past couple of days I have been trying to let go and let him go down himself for a couple of steps. He seems to like the security of holding on to me though, and doesn't want to let go yet. Or if he lets go he climbs back up the stairs and laughs. So I guess I will be helping him down the stairs for a while longer.
Jennifer
mom to Jacob 9/27/02
edited to fix typo