[Penguin78]

My DS didn't walk till 18 months and was cruising from 10 months. . So I don't think the not walking in itself is a concern. But I can understand giving her other issues that you want to do as much as you can to help her.

I think that it's a good idea to talk to a ped physio just for ideas to encourage her muscle strength. Do you se one from th e hip dysplasia?

But just reiterating I don't think you need to worry !

[SylviaPlath]

I can't give you muscle strengthening advice, however I am hoping to give you some reassurance by sharing what's happening in my mother's group. About half of the babies (now at 15 months) are walking. There are still quite a few babies that are now only taking a few steps. One of them only just started couch surfing. Which I find very interesting because he has been one of the first to pull head up, roll, crawl etc. DS on the hand was a late everything (roll, crawl etc). And he just got up one day and walked at 12.5 months. I think the time between crawling and walking was about 1.5 months. So medical issues aside, it's very hard to predict anything and if your gp/MCHN aren't worried, I wouldn't be either.

I did get him one of those activity centres from about 4 months though. He would love to stand and play in that for ages. Then, when he got tired he would sit. So maybe you can get her one of those. Although, it's probably healthier for you to encourage her to furniture cruise...Anyway, this is my five cents.

[libbylu]

Is she crawling and sitting independently?
My DS was strong as an ox and didn't walk til 14 months.
You can always hold one hand each and help her 'walk' around for a bit, as long as she enjoys it.

[LC1983]

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12months is still little to worry about non walking. You can organise a private physio but if your gp and CHN are not worried maybe give it a bit more time, but also go with your mum instinct.

DS didn't walk until he was almost 2 and he has low muscle tone which we knew about from about 9/10months.

Did he need to do any exercises in that time to help him get strength?

[LC1983]

Thanks everyone. The walking isn't a concern, I'm quite happy for her to crawl around. I just didn't want to get to 18 months and then have the professionals tell me that we should have done something earlier. She is sitting and crawling fine and like I said, standing up leaning on the couch, table, her toy box and play centre. But she can only do it for maybe a minute or so before she gets tired and has to sit. And as for the holding hands and helping her walk; she hates it. Will take one maybe two wobbly steps on her tip toes and then sit.

[melaine]

I think if your bub is cruising and weightbearing, has met other milestones and your MCHN and GP are not concerned then just give her time.

However, if you still have worries then seek a second opinion. You can see a private paed physio without a referral and they might reassure you.

FWIW - both my kids were early to roll, sit, crawl etc. They were pulling to stand and cruising confidently early as well (earliest in mother's group bar one or two). Neither walked till 15 months. Felt like it took forever, but was well within normal range. Other babies didn't crawl till 12 months and then were up and walking a month later!

ETA - my kids hated walking holding hands. They preferred to do it at their own pace.

This post has been edited by melaine: 22/12/2012, 09:19 PM

[LC1983]

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My DS didn't walk till 18 months and was cruising from 10 months. . So I don't think the not walking in itself is a concern. But I can understand giving her other issues that you want to do as much as you can to help her.

I think that it's a good idea to talk to a ped physio just for ideas to encourage her muscle strength. Do you se one from th e hip dysplasia?

But just reiterating I don't think you need to worry !

Yeah we see a physio at the Melbourne children's hospital for her hips and she was the one who said DD would probably walk late due to double joints/overly flexible. But she said we didn't need to see anyone about it and was quite dismissive.

[kabailz13]

As others have said, completely normal for a 12 month old to not be walking The typical age range is 12-18 months I believe.

My kids have walked at 9mths, 12.5mths, 15mths, 17.5mths and 15mths. My middle child was cruising furniture from 8mths but still didn't take independent steps for another 7 months!

Definitely keep an eye on it though given there are underlying factors which may influence things.

[lsolaBella]

All three of my kids refused to walk holding you fingers like other kids.

They all got up one day and gave up crawling. No few steps stumble fall just replacement of crawling within a 24hr period.

[mummy.to.one]

Did he need to do any exercises in that time to help him get strength?

Not particularly to help him walk, we saw a physio monthly and we would concentrate on helping him bend his knees to go up and down rather than just dropping, one of his legs is weaker than the other and the physio would set up a little obstacle course for him to play on.

He wouldn't hold our hands, and the physio told us to place our hand under his arm pits and go for little walks around the house like that. With him holding our hands he was still relying on us, but with our hands under his armpits holding him he had more control and that helped strengthen his legs.

We also made sure we had good shoes for his ankles as he was flexible (you could bend his toes up to his legs). We ended up ordering shoes from amazon (US) which were higher than normal around the ankle.

I think that's mostly it, that I can remember.