While not technically his very first steps, these were among his first unaided steps. Basically what happened… One night when I was watching Toren alone (Debi had a late class), I was sitting on the ground and set him a few feet away from me, facing me. I then let go and told him to walk to me. He did. I repeated it a few times, then showed Debi when she got home later that night. The footage below is from a couple of days after that. He wasn’t walking on his own yet, but he was starting to take more risks walking at this point:
