Hands-off parenting! Fearless 11-month-old baby drags stepladder across floor then climbs it to look out of window as mother calmly films her
- Mother Sara Ferreira, 35, watches her daughter Laura climb up stepladder
- Infant positions the ladder against a wall and makes her way to the very top
- Footage was captured at Ms Ferreira’s home in Caldas Novas in Goiás, Brazil
This is the moment an 11-month-old girl showed off her advanced climbing skills – and her mother coolly stood back and let her get on with it.
Mother Sara Ferreira, 35, was at home in Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil, when she caught her baby daughter Laura propping a stepladder against wall and making her way to the top.
Sara filmed the infant, wearing only a nappy, slowly placing her feet on each step before hoisting her body up and looking out of the window.
Sara Ferreira, 35, watches her 11-month-old daughter Laura make her way up the stepladder at her home in Caldas Novas in Goiás, Brazil
After reaching the top, Laura swings her legs over to the other side and looks out of the window before looking behind her and giving her mother a smile.
Sara said some people viewing the video had criticised her for being so laid back.
However, she said this was not the first time her daughter had scaled the stepladder.
She told local media: ‘That was the third time she did the same thing. She did it twice under my supervision and I saw she was capable of doing it so I said I’d film it to show her dad.’
Laura’s mother went on to say that her daughter started crawling at just four months old and could stand at five months.
She added: ‘Many people criticised my calm. At no point did I want to put my daughter at risk. Babies are capable. I let them explore with responsibility.’
Laura positions the stepladder against the wall and then begins to climb up each step
The 11-month-old swings her legs over to the other side and looks out of the window
Ms Ferreira (pictured with her husband Tiago and Laura) said the little girl began crawling when she was just four months old
Paediatrician Watson Bizarro told local media: ‘Her motor capacity is impressive. For the child’s development, it’s a positive sign. However, it’s still necessary to be very careful because of her age.’
He added: ‘Unlike parents who stimulate their children with mobile phones, doing activities such as walking and climbing helps the child a lot.’