What age did you baby start walking?

sparkle03

Hi, I wouldnt worry at all and as others have said she is cruising so shes on her way :j My boy was 9 months and my dd has just turned 9 months and has taken a step or two so she shouldnt be long.

Lots of friends babies have been much older though.

xmaslolly76

My DD was 10 months when crusing and 12months fully walking on her own DS was 12 months cruising and 15months walking on his own. Not sure what my new one will be yet he is only 5 months but he loves to feel his feet and we have to force him to sit down instead of stand up when we are holding him so he doesnt bow his legs :-)

nichart20

My brother was 18 months when he learnt to walk and his little boy my nephew started walking just before christmas at 18 months its the only thing they both took a while to do everything else he seems to take to quickly

M_A_R_I_E

Thank you all!

She is - and always has been - a very laid back, placid baby. I think generally she is lazy physically! She is as bright as a button mentally and can already complete shape sorters, stacking cups etc.

We've been 'practising' with her today and she did take 3 steps before falling to the floor! She is physically strong enough but does not have to desire to do it just yet!!

Thanks again for all your positive responses. It's so easy to 'google' something on the internet and hear all the horror stories without the positive ones. I knew I would get a real balance and true reflection on here. Thanks again to everyone!!

aliadds

Hello Marie...I have 2 boys and the eldest walked at 10 months, and the youngest at 15 months. Don't know if there's a connection but the eldest was and still is (at 23) a handfull!:o

nearlyrich

I know what you are going through my DS was about 16 months and he had a cousin 6 weeks younger who walked, actually he was running round at 9 months so I was really worried LOL. DS could have a proper conversation with anyone who wanted one at 14 months, he just didn't do walking. They are all different and if the HV says don't worry try not to, DS is nearly 25 now and he is doing OK !!!

M_A_R_I_E

Thanks Aliadds - sounds like my 2 already!! lol!!

Baileys_Babe

Friends DD bum shuffled for ages put wouldn't even furniture walk until she was 19 months, she was walking quiet happily before she was 2.

My DS furniture walked from 8 months and walked his first independant steps (right across the middle of the room) at 13 months, DD started furniture walking at 9 months and crawling 3 weeks later :rotfl:, she is still furniture walking but she is not a year.

Nephew 1 walked at 20 months +, his younger bother 8 1/2 months :eek:

All children are different and your little one seems happy enough on her feet and possibly just lacking coinfidence, it doesn't seem like you have anything to worry about, not that that usally stops us parents.

miss_independent

My very bright niece was 17 months, BFF's little girl was 14 months and I thought these were both very late at the time because I knew started walking at 10 months and from all accounts I wasn't just walking but dancing everywhere lol, I was in dance class at the age my niece started walking. I soon found out I was the abnormal one and they were in fact very normal. My mum says if she pushed me I would have been walking at 7 or 8 months as I used to go bonkers in the baby walker whizzing around all over the place but she thought I would end up with bow legs as she saw this very frequently as nurse in paedriactics so she just let me do it in my own time.

She was actually right in one case for certain, my half brother's mother tried to force him to walk from about 5 months until he was finally off on his own at 8 months and sure enough he had bow legs. As soon as he had mastered walking he was kicking a ball around and developed into a very talented little footballer, it looked like he might get his dream of playing football professionally. By age 10, he had to give up football because his legs couldn't take the training and the doctors said he was doing permanent damage. The reason? Being forced to walk so young affected the way his legs developed. He's 15 now and has never really got over it.

I suppose in a long way, I am trying to say sometimes its better later than earlier and please try not to worry about your LO. It will all come in its own sweet time and I am sure you are reassured by the other posts. In terms of developmental delay, there would also be other indicators such as language and hand eye coordination too. I'm sure she'll be walking in no time though and then you'll have lots of mischief on your hands:j!

chumbasmum

My second son didn't start walking until he was 2. He didn't even cruise and just crawled everywhere. The health visitor was concerned and I ended up being seen by GP and then refered to a consultant. There was a mention of Cerebral paulsy (sp) and it was very stressful.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with him. He did walk in his own time and the physio (another referal) suggested that he has flexible joints and that he just needed his muscles to strengthen to be up and walking.

Unless there are medical conditions I will always have a wiser head now and leave children to do things when they are ready and definately not compare because things even out within a few years.

Good luck and listen to your instinct.