16 MONTH Old DD not walking

delain

DD1 would push a plastic buggy at my friend's house, I'd forgotten about that! I did think it helped, so much so I got her one for home!

jenjade

i agree with others not to worry however if you want to encourage her activities that promote hand eye co ordination, putting furniture close together to encourage cruising, walkers, buggies, balls etc to encourage movement might help

thatgirlsam

delain wrote: »

My 18 month old had an allergic reaction last week and the docs wanted a wee sample. They didn't get one, she just couldn't get her little head round it! I think we'll try potty training in the summer but she'll be almost 2 then. I do think sometimes these 'clean and dry at 9 months' stories are just old folks trying to big themselves up because there's no one there to say 'yes but that's because you followed him around with a potty all day!'

My twins were getting on 2 before they walked and DD1 was 16 months.

Just wanted to say one way to get a urine sample from a baby is to put cotton wool in their nappy then squeeze the wee out into a specimen bottle - obviously you would have had to wait for a wet nappy but worth bearing in mind as you can drop the sample at GP's once she has had one, if they ever need another sample

To the OP my dd walked at 9 months - son walked at 15 months

dd tore her nappy off when she was 20 months and refused to wear them after that

ds was still in nappies on his 3rd birthday

I think I stressed more about dd as it all seemed too soon for her and actually she wasn't really ready to walk as she had lots of accidents - she insisted though, stubborn mare

tinkwings

So DD is 17 months old today and still not walking on her own

She will walk holding your hands until the cows come home but won't let go She does do independent steps most days but still prefers to get around on her knees which she is super speedy at

Thank you for sharing you stories with me I am playing the long game it seems. And will have to continue to fobb off the parents who make fun of her and how she gets around

pinetree

apparently I didnt walk until I was 2 :eek: then I just got up and did it unaided,:)

Pthree

When was the last time you saw an adult crawling? They all get it at some point!

pinetree

I agree Pthree, but its other parents that cause the problems and start you worrying.

shortdog

When my son wasn't walking at 18 months, someone asked me how old I'd been when I'd started walking? I told them I hadn't got a clue. They asked if I put it on my CV, or if it had gone on my UCAS forms? Basically, it's something that (most) kids get eventually, and, once they've started walking, no-one really seems to care after that what age they started at.
There is a little boy at the toddler group I run, who, at 2 1/2, still sometimes prefers to crawl than walk, and has about 6 words altogether. However, he can build the most amazing brick sculptures, has fantastic hand-eye coordination, and is one of the kindest children there. They all learn things in their own way, in their own good time.

tinkwings

Thanks xxxx

rosalie-lavender

My daughter walked about at 23 months. Luckily she was very small for her age and so wasn't too heavy to carry on and off the buses when I needed to go out. The health visitor said "why would she want to walk when she has two big brothers to wait on her?" I think there was some truth in that because she was talking early and got her brothers to get anything she wanted.

She certainly doesn't have any problems walking or running now at age 17. In fact in spite of being tiny compared to the others she managed to come second in the 1500 meters at school a couple of years ago, beating all the boys. Considering she just got roped into it because no-one else was daft enough to volunteer and she isn't a runner, she did very well.

As for potty training my MIL says my DH was potty trained from birth. Apparently you sit them on it and make a shhh shhh noise and they magically go. He was also a perfect sleeper/feeder etc etc. Personally I think she was just very lucky and would have had a bit of a shock if she'd had more than one child.