Walking
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Topic: Walking
Posted By: emmaohara
Subject: Walking
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:04am
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When did your guys bubbas start walking.
My family are saying Ben is a bit slow as hes not into walking at 11mths, he was such an early crawler and seems to be happy getting around at the speed of light like that rather than learning to walk! So is he "slow" apparently my brother and I walked at 9 mths  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:18am
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No definately not!!!! If Ben was walkign at 11 months he would be an early walker not average. Kobe walked at 13mths and lots of people thought that was reasonably early. My neice didnt walk till 18mths and that was still considered in the normal walking age range.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:30am
I think 12-18mos is "normal", 9 mos is jolly early!  Both my girls were walking at 12 1/2 mos, but Hannah crawled at 10mos and Briona crawled at 5 mos. So crawling is not always an indication either.-------------  |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:30am
| both my boys walked after their first birthday. i think they had the ability but just couldnt be bothered. |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:38am
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Rhiannon has only just started walking...as in letting go of the furniture and walking across the room...(so she isnt full on walking yet)
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:40am
13 months  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:41am
| Jake was 10 m,onths taking a first step, BUT about a year before he walking about confidently. Taine took first steps at a year and was off! 11 months is definitely not too early, but must admit that when baby reaches other milestones quickly (i.e. crawling) everybody seems to assume they will reach the others too. Jake and Taine both crawled quite early and rolled really early and everyone was saying "oh, they'll walk soon" at like 6 months....and when it took a lot longer, people were surprised. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:33am
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my son didnt move around at all!! he never crawled or anything so everyone would say that he was very slow but one day when he was 10months old he was sitting next to the couch and he just pulled himself up and walked!!!
Every child is different so dont stress to much
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Posted By: Nic01
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:36am
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9 months is really early to start walking. Matthew started walking just a few days before his first birthday & I actually thought that was reasonably early.
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 4:27pm
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ahh no ben is definately not slow!
jack didn't CRAWL until 13mths and walked at 18mths! until he was crawling he was happy rolling about everywhere 
charli is almost 7mths and hasn't started rolling so maybe my babies are the slow ones  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 6:06pm
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If my baby starts walking too soon I might have to start hobbling its legs
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 6:16pm
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11 months. But she did walk at 9 months and then fell and didnt try again. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:45am
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9 months far to early really for my liking, didnt even know she could till she took off in queensgate one day.
but was also crawling at 4months. hoping james will be slow so i can hang on to his baby months for longer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 9:30am
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Brae was walking at 9mnths. Crawling at 5mnths.
God it was a pain!!! I wish i had put velcro on his pants to slow him down. Everyone is different, i definitely think they later the better - for sanity of mums. ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 10:53am
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Connor's crawling at 6 months - I think he'll be an early walker because he wants to catch up with the terrortot. It's a PAIN.
Andrew and Sean both started walking at around 13 months. ------------- |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 11:01am
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Kiya crawled at just under 7 months, started pulling herself up on the furniture a week later at exactly 7 months and started walking at 8.5 months.
Josiah crawled at 7 months and started walking at 9.5 months. Xavier is commando-crawling all over the place at 5.5 months and I think he'll be crawling properly by the time he's 6 months. At this rate, I'm going to be so fit chasing them all around! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 4:01pm
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Zaara crawled the day she was 9 months. Was walking around furniture at 11 months and walked properly at 13 months (did few steps between 11-12 months). Like every one has said, each child is different. I walked at 10m and my brother at 8m...
My MIL use to say some thing is wrong with Zaara since she wasnt walking!! Go see a Doctor....ARRGGG 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 4:36pm
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It is normal by the way for some toddlers to only start walking at 15 months. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:08pm
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most babies start walking 12months + all babies are differnt and it is nice when they take their time my first baby walked at 9 months ok wasnt to bad but my youngest started crawling 5 months and walking 2 months later at 7 1/2 months it just looked weird she was so small so by her first birthday she was climbing running and jumping very scary she is nearly two and can navigate all the climbing frames you throw at her she climbs the gate (2 metres high and unlocks it ) and the trees out the back when i take her to the park all the other mums freak out because she is so little and thay run to help her she has never fallen yet!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 3:30pm
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Piper started walking just after her 1st birthday and now two months later she is trying to run I'm just getting used to her walking everywhere dont want her getting faster on me
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 3:44pm
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Andrew was an early walker at 9 months. As the others have said he is early not normal. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 11:38pm
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13 months is the average but remember for every kid that walks before this there is one that walks after. I think they get checked up if they aren't walking at 18 months just to make sure theres nothing wrong but lots of normal kids would walk after this.
I walked at around 16-18 months, Ben walked at 9 and Jack took his first step at 11 but was prob a good month before he was walking really well. |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 10:10am
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my sister didnt walk til she was 15months, and my friends girl didnt crawl or walk till she was 14months.
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 07 May 2007 at 11:09pm
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My nephew *just* started walking, and he is 15.5 months. Emma Rose is 14.5 months and she is standing and cruising on the furniture, but not walking on her own yet. One of my brothers walked at 8 months, the other not until 16 months, and I think I was somewhere around a year. Some kids work on their physical skills, and others work on things like verbal skills, and still others try to work on both at once, so their rates of development can really vary. You can't really compare kids when it comes to milestones like walking, because "normal" is such a personal, subjective thing dependent on so many factors. |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 11 May 2007 at 11:30pm
| A bit OT - my DP walked at 9 months and he was a really fat baby I mean really fat and he actually hurt his knees (or hips I can't quite remember what MIL said) because he couldn't support his weight and it took a few years to come right. I tease him about it now because hes so skinny. |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 29 May 2007 at 12:34pm
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that's interesting because I used to worry that Caitlin was standing up too early (she was pulling herself up at 6mths) and wondered if she could do damage to her ankles/knees. But in saying that I remember our Plunket Nurse telling us that the muscles develop from the top down so if she CAN stand, she was ready too or else her muscles wouldn't support her.
Doesn't seem to have done her any harm though as she's just started walking unassisted (approx 10 steps) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 29 May 2007 at 1:02pm
| Joshie isn't walking yet, but takes steps very occasionally and cruises round the room constantly(using the furniture). These July babies walking freak me out! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 29 May 2007 at 5:07pm
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I find it so interesting how every single child is so different. Tyrell crawled at 6 months and was walking round the furniture at 9 months and is now crusing along on his own more often than not. |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 31 May 2007 at 8:56am
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13 MONTHS?!?!?!
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 9:13pm
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Olivia has been walking around the furniture since 10 months and took her first steps at 11months. She is nearly walking on her own. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 04 June 2007 at 3:59am
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Like Rach said 13 months is the average- so a few months either side is completely normal. I walked at 8 1/2 months and DH walked at 18 months- DD walked at 10 1/2 months.
The later they walk I would assume the better their spacial awareness is going to be so at least they are less likely to hurt themselves! ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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