To be worried my kid is not even close to walking?

Oh and mine did the tiptoe thing on one foot too. It just took him a while to figure out that he could put both feet flat. I found that getting him some little boots really helped support his ankles and made him more confident. We just encouraged him to do a bit of walking with us each day, but I didn’t make it a battle. Everyone will tell you everything awful it could be, it isn’t helpful to a mum who is already worried. I’ll never forget the nursery manager who told me that he would probably need an operation and that he would get pushed over all the time in the toddler room. I went home and cried about that. He did not need an op and he is completely fine in the toddler room.

If I were you I'd ditch the walker, it only encourages them to lean forward, so they'll have their sense of their centre of gravity off. Since he knows how to step, he needs to focus on being upright, not on stepping forward.

My son is easily bribed by food and his first steps came after he spent longer and longer standing upright, not after cruising, which started ages before.

Hi op . I wanted to reply here as I’ve been in your shoes. My little boy didn’t walk independently until he was 22 months old, and you now wouldn’t be able to tell that it took him that long. He was 2 in May. He was pulling himself up and cruising around from about 16 months. He would also walk happily holding my hand (I wouldn’t be taking his weight or anything) but he wouldn’t do it on his own.

i did take him to the GP at 20 months and they ruled out anything physical. She said he just isn’t fussed about walking. I’ll never forget the day randomly got up, ran down the hallway and round the kitchen table three times.

I just wanted to say I understand the worry, I felt completely obsessed with it. Do get him checked to rule anything out and to put your mind at ease. Sometimes they just do things at their own pace.

Yeah, YANBU, get that checked out. My youngest didn't walk until 18 months but if it's getting beyond that I would worry. Also I'm speaking as someone who was discovered to have a congenital hip defect at 14 months when I wasn't walking. My mum thought something was wrong earlier but doctors told her she was just being neurotic, despite the fact I was her third child so she knew what was normal!

It’s probably time to see the GP, but only just! Not walking until 18 months is normal