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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / July 200514 month old not walking
I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on furniture and he can walk while holding onto an adult with both hands or pushing one of those little toys that encourage walking. He is not behind in his language or anything. In fact he says about four words pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other stories similar to this. Thanks!! > I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other > stories similar to this. Thanks!! Give him time! He's most of the way there, and he'll get there soon. He's certainly not behind yet, by any means. There's a pretty wide range of normal for starting to walk. Best wishes, Ericka > I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on > furniture and he can walk while holding onto an adult with both hands > or pushing one of those little toys that encourage walking. He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age for walking, which means half the kids walk before then and half after. He's cruising and seems to be okay on his other milestones. -- Anita -- > > I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > before then and half after. He's cruising and > seems to be okay on his other milestones. That number surprises me. I thought that most kids started walking between 9 mos and 15 mos, with the median much closer to 12 mos. No matter. The OP's baby is well within *normal* bounds by any account, and has clearly developed all of the pre-walking motor skills. Just enjoy the freedom of having a non-walking child while you can! Barbars >> He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age >> for walking, which means half the kids walk [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > between 9 mos and 15 mos, with the median much closer to 12 mos. No > matter. From everything I've seen, 13 months is the median age for walking. And while the majority walk between 9 and 15 mos., the outliers can be as young as 7 mos. and as old as 18 mos. and still be in the "normal" range. > The OP's baby is well within *normal* bounds by any account, > and has clearly developed all of the pre-walking motor skills. Just > enjoy the freedom of having a non-walking child while you can! Definitely. There is no reason for concern in this case. -- Be well, Barbara >>>He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age >>>for walking, which means half the kids walk [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > while the majority walk between 9 and 15 mos., the outliers can be as young > as 7 mos. and as old as 18 mos. and still be in the "normal" range. I stand corrected. -- Anita -- *"Barbara" <mom_2_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message *news:1122039530.484965.88960@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... *> Irrational Number wrote: *>> He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age *>> for walking, which means half the kids walk *>> before then and half after. He's cruising and *>> seems to be okay on his other milestones. *>> *> That number surprises me. I thought that most kids started walking *> between 9 mos and 15 mos, with the median much closer to 12 mos. No *> matter. * *From everything I've seen, 13 months is the median age for walking. And *while the majority walk between 9 and 15 mos., the outliers can be as young *as 7 mos. and as old as 18 mos. and still be in the "normal" range. PHEW! -hillary, who did not walk til 18 mos. ;)  SignatureHillary Israeli, VMD Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read." --Groucho Marx One wise person said to me once, "do you see him in 20 yrs walking ?" Of course!, he will walk when ready, just continue to give lots of praise and encouragement. Fiona >I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other > stories similar to this. Thanks!! >I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other > stories similar to this. Thanks!! Our neighbod didn't walk until 15 months and now at 3.5 years, he's doing just fine. P. Tierney >I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen >month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other >stories similar to this. Thanks!! I'm usually in the "they'll do it when they're ready" camp. But, I do feel I need to mention our situation. My 15 month old dd is not walking yet, either. However, she's missed all her gross motor milestones (crawling, rolling over, etc) by several months, so we had her evaluated. She's at 10 month level and has low muscle tone so we're having a Physical Therapist come in to work with her. If your son has met other milestones fine, then I wouldn't be concerned. If he has, you may want to look into having him evaluated. You can get a referral from your pediatrician. Nan >I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have 3 boys. One of them walked at 9.5 months. The other two walked at 17 and 18 months. You can't tell which was the early walker now that they are 11, 9 and 4 years old. :) --Robyn Neither of my daughter's walked until 15 months. Now, at 15 years, one is an accomplished dancer, the other at age 11 plays soccer, tennis, and many other sports that require a kid to walk. So relax, and rejoice. You won't believe how much MORE stuff he'll be able to get into when he's walking. My son started walking when he was 17 months... Now it is difficult to get him to stop running (and talking) at 2 and half years :) My daughter didn't even pull herself up (in her cot) until she was 13 months so it was another month of cruising before she walked independently. You usually find that one area of development suffers for a little while while something else strides ahead. Don't stress - they all have their own time! Liz >I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other > stories similar to this. Thanks!! > I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen > month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other > stories similar to this. Thanks!! Other people have given you the range of normal age for walking, and given that your DS is cruising etc it probably won't be long. You might want to check how old you and your DH were when you started walking. DH & I were very late walkers; DS1 surprised us by walking at 14mo. SignatureChookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is nothing worth being eager or vigorous about." Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893. >> I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen >> month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other >> stories similar to this. Thanks!! Maybe he can walk; maybe he just has a slightly more cautious personality than the average child his age. Having a cautious personality can be a good thing!! He is walking; he's just holding onto something while he does it, that's all. -- Cathy Woodgold http://www.ncf.ca/~an588/par_home.html We are all Iraqis now. |
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