[MrsDoyle]

Our DS3 didn't walk until he was 20 months. The biggest worry for me is that he wouldn't even put weight on his feet at all until around 18 months. Once he started doing that, i wasn't too concerned.

He is now 4 years old, and a very healthy, active little boy. No issues whatsoever.

[Soccer Mum]

Hattie was walking at 15 months as long as you held both her hands.

A few days before 18 months she took some steps unaided and a week later was walking. Now at 2 you can't tell she walked later than other kids her age.

She was too busy learning to talk to bother with walking. She can out talk any 2 year old I've met!

My friend's DS didnt walk until 18 months, but by 12 months he was saying 3 word sentences! He is 3 now and can walk, run, climb etc just as well as any of the other kids

[Penguin78]

I am definitely not worried from what I have seen as a non professional. You know, its just so curious though hearing the stories of the late walkers cause he was showing the signs of walking early, but just not letting go.

he weight beared at like six weeks or something ridiculous.

He is a BIG talker, so I do think there might be something in the 'concentrating on talking rather then walking' theory with him.

I love the stories of when they finally take the first steps! Anticipation is almost killing me!!

[lady lady]

Hey OP - DD walked at 16 months ..... like your little one she was cruising for ages ...

I'm not sure if it has anything at all to do with her walking, but I started taking her to a big grassy oval everyday, where she would always take 2-3 steps and was happy to fall over and get back up ... it's like she thought the floor at home was going to hurt her??

When she actually walked ( i.e about 10-15 steps) it was on the grassy oval and not at home ... after that she was fine and started walking non-stop at home ...

[puddina]

My DS didn't walk til he was 19 months old (17 months corrected) he showed no signs of wanting to walk even though he'd been crawling since 6 months and pulling himself to standing since 7-8months.
It was quite funny - one day he just upped and walked and has been doing so ever since.

This post has been edited by puddina: 20/04/2012, 08:40 PM

[ejdonn]

We're in the same boat. DS is 16mth and only cruising. He has low muscle tone and we've been seeing a paediatric physio since 4mths. Challenge for me is that DS is a big boy and is really heavy to carry around. I can't wait till he's walking so that my back can have a break!

[lsolaBella]

I should then add that DD's first steps were on Mother's Day.... that was the day she decided to walk.

[Elizabethandfrie...]

Like ejdonn, we are seeing a physio for low muscle tone. DS is finally taking some steps at 18.5 months. He is a way off walking well though. I doubt he will ever be an elite athlete, but with a bit of help late walkers catch up.

[jacqg]

My DD1 crawled at 13 months and was walking with the furniture at 15 months but not walking unaided until 22 months. I asked our GP about it (our GP use to be a paediatrician in London before moving to Australia and working part time as a GP so she could spend more time with her kids). She said that one of her daughters was a late walker but because she had had so much practice, once she let go of the furniture, she hardly ever fell over or stumbled. This seems true for my daughter because now she is 26 months and can walk and run on uneven surfaces, gravel, etc and can jump with two feet down a step and catch and throw and ball and kick a ball. She started other skills early for her age but was just a late started with physical motor skills.

[seepi]

My first DD was cruising the furniture for about 5 months before she finally walked at 17 months. For ages people would say 'oh she is about to walk'. She was an early crawler too.

In hindsight I wonder if the fact we had hard tile floors through the whole house made her worried to let go and fall over.

Once she started she hardly stumbled at all, as she had practised for so long while holding on.