Stairs - an adventure

My home in Doha is a duplex. As soon as you enter, you come to a lobby which also has a staircase leading upstairs. If you go straight, you take two steps down and further ahead is the TV room. In India, Vidur has never had an opportunity to climb up or down a staircase. My mother (yes, she does seem to worry alot :)) kept worrying about how Vidur was going to move around without hurting himself.

On the first day there, he made an attempt to climb the stairs. What made him want to go up? You guessed right! It was my doggie. Vidur was, however, very successful the first time round. He went on all fours. He did not touch his knees to the ground. He climbed the stairs effortlessly. The next day (by which time he had also started walking) he tried climbing the stairs standing on his feet supporting himself on the banister. My mother heaved a sigh of relief.

Now, my mother was worried about how he would come down the stairs. Vidur found a solution to that too. He would turn around and keep going back on his fours till he reached the step. (sometimes he would start reversing way too early :)). Thus, he mastered the art of climbing up and down the stairs.