he's nearly 21 months old. I thought he'd get straight up again - but he stayed there <<<<<<<<<<<faints>>>>>>>>>> I also had a "conversation" with him this morning when he got up. Like my older DS's he' a relatively "late" talker. However this morning I picked him up and he said "Daddy?????" (well more of a daddeeeee?) I replied "no daddy's not here" him: "what" (came out as "wha!") me: "no it's just the 4 of us" him "All right" (came out as "awl righ") my baby is growing up