When did your baby walk?
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Topic: When did your baby walk?
Posted By: Daizy
Subject: When did your baby walk?
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 8:50am
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Just totaly out of curiosity. It just seems at the moment most babies Maddi's age have been walking for months. I know it really doesnt matter, all babies do it at different stages and have no doubt she will eventually take off. Did you encourage you baby to walk or just wait untill 1 day where they just got up and started? How long was you baby crawling, walking, standing, cruising before they started walking? How long did it take them to go from their first steps to confidently walking? ------------- 
 
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 8:55am
Yesterday!!!  
We decided to call it walking yesterday as she took about 10 steps before planting bottom! Sophie has been crawling since just after Christmas (10 months) but pulled up on Christmas Day (thanks to the Christmas present we bought her). She has been creeping around the furniture for ages and using the push along toys to walk around. In the last 3 or 4 weeks we have been encouraging a few steps between Mum and Dad each day, but in the last week she has been doing it on her own. Off to buy her first pair of shoes today  .-------------   
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 8:56am
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Hazel has just started walking around the couch and Esme isn't far behind. I have done nothing to encourage it at all!!! lol. They have both been crawling for a couple of months now.
2 of my nephews didn't start crawling or walking until after their first birthday. But both were early talkers. I wonder if maybe they can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Is Maddi very vocal? My girls are hardly vocal at all but spend a lot of time on the move. -------------  
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:15am
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Yeah I am not too worried. She is pretty vocal, a lot of what she says makes little sense but I can usually pick up the gist. This morning we were woken with 'Hi Dad, Hi Mum, Hello K(eira), Yayyyy"
She started crawling pretty early and has confidently been cruising around the furniture for months. She will stand for ages, or untill she realises she is standing. This morning she stood up againts the wall, let go and clapped for herself. She too a single step the other day and lost her balance straight away, she really just doesnt seem interested in trying. She incrediably fast with her crawling and is a climbing machine so for her there is no rush. Just mummy getting impatient -------------
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:30am
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Bailey didnt move at all until 10 months!!! he didnt crawl, roll, drag or anything!! he just sat there observing then one night when he was 10 months DH and i were sitting in lounge when Bay just got up on his feet and started walking!! we were stunned mullets!!!
Astin started crawling at 6ish months, walking around furniture at 8 months, walking a few unaided steps at 9 months and fully walking/running at 10 months. ETA we wernt fussed on encouraging it to happen so we just let it be, we were super excited when it did happen though!!!! We also had a wooden blocks trolley that both boys and nephew would push around the place when learning which we think helped. |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:24am
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Charlotte was crawling at 10 months but didn't walk until about 13 months. We did encourage it towards the end because she was wearing out knees on things! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:26am
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Issy started crawling just before she turned seven months.
She started walking at 10.5 months. She would walk about five steps between furniture etc just before 10 months .. but it wasnt till she hit 10.5 months that she didnt ever revert to crawling. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:35am
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12.5mos for the first two. #3 is quite tall and I think that made her slower to co-ordinate. Whatever the case, she was 15mos. -------------  |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:35am
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Ummm.
Cammondo crawled at 5.5 months Crawled on all fours at 10 months Walked behind things at 9 months walked round furniture etc at 11 months walked on his own at 11 month 3 weeks. Seemed to crawl for ages and ages and probably wouldn't ever have crawled on all four if we hadn't gone on holiday to Bali where the concrete was hot and scrathy  . We didn't do a lot to encourage him. He is not a big talker though so def focussed on moving more than talking!-------------  
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:38am
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With Jackson I would stand him up against the couch and encourage him to take steps towards me. Thats about all really. He was 10.5 months when he took his first steps, and now hes fully walking. So its taken about 3 weeks really.
Maddi sounds really clever! All we get from Jackson is "Tssst at" (Which I think is "Whats that?") and Ta-Ta. ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:11am
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18.5 months, thought he would never do it....lol
He commando crawled from 8-13 months, then crawled then at 15 months was cruising furniture at around 16-17 months he learnt to stand up unaided but didn't step out into nowhere until xmas day when he was 18.5 months. Within a few weeks he was running. Oh and he learnt to climb long before he learnt walk 
We didn't do anything to try and make him do it quicker, just left him to it really. He does have a push along truck which he walked behind before walking unaided but we never forced him to do that he just worked it out on his own. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:27am
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He started commando crawling at 6 months, crawling on hands & knees by 8 months. Started standing & climbing onto furniture at about 9 months (little monkey), he was walking around holding onto furniture then too. Then started walking at 10 months. ------------- 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:34am
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crawled 5- 6 months
walked at 9 months (was actually closer to 8.5 , but easier to say 9 ) was speaking in three -four word sentences by 11 months , and ones that made sense too eg "mummy is nice " (and mummy is mean /yuck etc incidentally ) I didn't do anything to encourage her walking, I wanted her to crawl as long as poss, talking the only thing I did was never talked for her I suppose , her vocab was 250 words before she was 2 . ....funny that now the only things she knows how to say are " i hate you mum! " and " your the meanest mum in the world !!!" I want Tyler to be as stationary for as long as poss, C stopped being a baby far too early ------------- 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:37am
This is just like Caden  He started crawling around Christmas time(6 months) and he started walking round the furniture at 7 1/2 months and now he is taking his first steps on his own between the furniture and me and DH etc, he is standing up on his own now too from crouching.------------- |
lilfatty wrote:Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:44am
my friends baby walked at 7 months, she rang and told me , I told her I was sorry ...she understood a few days later when she rang and said how tired she was  -------------
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:47am
| Dominic walked at 14months almost to the day and starting running at 14months and one day and hasn't stopped! I wouldn't worry about if she is walking or not. It is actually better for their development to crawl for longer. |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:49am
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Sam used to cruise around on the back of his head for a couple of months before he started crawling on his hands and knees, he did that for the first time Christmas Day 07, so he was seven months old.
After that he started to pull himself up and walk around the furniture, and then at about 11 months old he started walking unaided and then two weeks after that he started running and has NEVER stopped! I never really did anything to encourage him, he just did it when he was ready. The one thing he did that came after ALL of that was sitting up. My child hated sitting down so much that he waited until after he could walk to really do it properly.
And.. as for talking, we got 'tsss at' for 'what's that' FOREVER. He barely said a word until 16-17 months old and now he has a word for most things and can string 5-6 six words together. |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 12:35pm
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Leah was walking at 10.5 months....far too soon!!!!!!!!!!!! Joels going to be sooner the rate hes going. -------------  
 
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Posted By: bex88
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 2:20pm
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Alex started crawling at 7 months
Climbing up the stairs and, cruising at 7.5 months, At 8 months could climb onto couch etc, and cruising almost constantly by then, but would freak out as soon as he let go of anything. At 10 months he just let go and was off. At 11 months he was running (non-stop) and could climb down stairs, and throw a ball. And now at one he is trying to go up and down stairs like an adult (very scary), and is going 100km's everywhere. We never really encouraged him just always been really active. Even in his sleep he can't stay still.lol. Interesting to note that like some of you have said earlier about the talking. Alex only says 'ta' which he says for everything. And only in the last month has he really found his voice, constant babbling but no words....hmmmm. Maybe it's because he cant sit still for long enough to learn. -------------  
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 2:26pm
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Gosh there really are a lot of early walkers!! -------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 2:56pm
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I walked at 15 months , and im pretty fantastic I must say -------------
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 8:55pm
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Lauren didn't walk till 15 months, I thought she was never going too!
She is very tall though so I guess she's got alot further to fall! She was a very fast crawler though, so no need to walk!! She lives life on the edge with all her climbing antics ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:20pm
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I took till 18 months to learn to walk Hey where do you guys get those cool footers with names and pics of your babies? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:30pm
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Brae crawled properly at 6mnths. Cruised furniture at 7mnths & was walking/running at 9mnths
Kalyx commando crawled from 6mnths, properly crawling at 7mnths. Cruised furniture & learnt to climb at 8mnths. Taking first step & standing unassisted at 9mnths, walking/running confidently at 10mnths ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:48pm
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I think your more likely to hear early stories than late ones. Anyway the average age for walking is 13 months so for every kid that walks before 13 theres one that walks after.
I am such a slack mother I can hardly remember when my kids did stuff. I think Jack was 11 months when he walked and that was very encouraged. Caprece was about 15 or 16 months I think but she wasn't really encouraged like Jack was. Shes a lot more vocal than Jack was although at the moment pretty much every word she says is no. Really by the age of 5 kids are pretty even in that they can walk, talk, jump etc. Early babies aren't proven to be any smarter or better at sports than later babies so don't worry too much. |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:16pm
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Megan took her first steps around 14 months and started walking properly around 15 months ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 7:18am
I was about to say exactly the same thing!! ... and yep developmental norms say 12-13months for walking with a range of 6 months either side... I had one early walker (DD2) at tens months and one "average" on 1st birthday Cognitively they are much more prepared for walking at 12 months + so less stressful ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 12:55pm
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Maya crawled at 8 mths, was pulling up from 7.5 mths and cruising the furniture and walked properly at 10 mths.
Gremlins didn't even move till 10 mths, and walked somewhere between 13 and 14 mths, probably closer to 14. Lil miss was 9 mths yesterday and she is headed into first steps territory, she's standing on her own and too bloody confident for her own good, her fave thing to do is to push her toys around the floor, right now she's dancing behind her Noah's Ark and pushing it around. She's had very little encouragement from us (I wanted my baby to stay little for just a wee bit longer!) but I think having 3 big sisters is encouragement enough. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 3:10pm
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Chiara sounds like Caden, he pushes his toys around the floor as well, and stands up on his own and "dances" lol, like bouncing up and down. We did very little to encourage him as well, just let him do things at his pace, now when he stands up we will hold our arms out to him and he will take a few steps towards us, he is starting to stand up and take steps with out us holding our arms out too.
Caden has always been a very strong wee boy, right from day 1 he could hold his head up himself quite well, the midwives and doctors were quite surprised lol. ------------- |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 6:57pm
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Rowan is almost 16 months and loves walking with us holding her hands ('walk! walk!' is her catchcry at the moment) but she can't stand up on her own let alone walk on her own yet. She started crawling at 12 months.
Having said that she's more advanced than a lot of babies vocally so I guess that's what she's focusing on at the moment. -------------  
 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 11 April 2009 at 10:21am
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DD walked alone at 15mths. She talks a lot and my plunket nurse did say they often focus on either movement or language.
She commando crawled from 8 mths, and didn't crawl on all 4s until after her first birthday. She pulled herself up and cruised furniture for a long time before walking. ETA - ha ha she has just brought me her coat, hat and shoes - what is she trying to say? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 April 2009 at 11:09am
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Ha ha, the gremlins didn't talk or walk - they must be really slow
Funny thing tho - they were nearly 4 mths later than Maya walking, yet now they are far more active an co-ordinated than she is. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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