Veronika will not be contained these days! Not only is she crawling everywhere now, but this girl wants to stand.

Encouraging pull-ups is a great first step towards helping your baby stand, cruise, and walk. To help Veronika, today I placed toys up as tantalizing bait on the couch. She still needs a little boost…

…but once she’s up she can stand and support her weight and play with the toys as a reward.

She also loves putting the toys back up on the couch herself.

This activity works equally well on any surface that is about chest-high on your baby, although be careful with hard surfaces like tables that have sharp corners.

It won’t be long though before she’s pulling up solo!