To be frustrated at 15 Month olds lack of walking!

[Discusting]

I know I am, I do. I know they all develop at their own rates and I can’t rush it.

However I can’t help getting so frustrated over it now. I’m fed up of carrying him, fed up of him wanting to be put down when we are out but then him having to crawl so getting filthy. Fed up of all the other people say “oh, isn’t he walking yet”.

Come on DS, just walk for God’s sake!!!

My first walked at 17 months and it was so frustrating when people used to go on and on about it. My second walked at 10 months and i wish he had wsited as he was a nightmare!

My DH and I both walked at 14.5 months and not very enthusiastically after that. Personally I like to think it was an early sign of genius. Really don't worry but do prepare yourself for DC not being an enthusiastic walker and still wanting to be carried or wheeled around!

DD2 walked, with huge reluctance, at 20 months. She was a VERY good talker at about 16-17 months and used to tell me that she wasn’t going to walk as everyone brought her stuff anyway. I used to stand her propped up agains the sofa and she used to glare at me and say “Don’t want to” and sit down. She finally just got up and walked one day (with a huge exasperated sigh) and decided to potty train herself a few weeks later. She’s now 16 and still quite strong minded!

I feel like this about potty training. My daughter has just turned three. I know she's still within the window of reasonableness, but she is literally the last one in her nursery class still in nappies. She could do it if she wanted to. She just won't.

Yanbu op. I’m feeling the same about my youngest dd too and she is only 12 months, but with it being so cold and wet it really would be easier out and about if she would walk rather than crawl, as it makes it difficult even for the park etc as you say getting filthy, and Id worry about her getting cold and sick if she crawls outside in this weather. But my older ones all walked later - 14, 15, and 18 months.. the 18 month one was really frustrating in the end because of all the comments! Yes they do it all in their own time, but it can still be frustrating, so I hope your ds hurries it up for you!

Mine shufflebummed constantly until 17 months and a day (yep I was counting 😆😆). She could pull herself up but would just hold onto the sofa etc and go straight back down and shuffle away. Then one day she toddled into the kitchen just like that! Gave me the shock of my life!

Mine only just started walking independently at 21 months (just before Christmas). No 2 should be turning up at the end of the month, so I was getting rather nervous with the lack of walking.

My last one was a bum shuffler too. Well more a bum bouncer and very fast. Finally walked at 19 months. It’s very frustrating op and people do go on about it don’t they yanbu

My DD didn't walk until 18 months. (FWIW she was also a late crawler - 10 months.) I wasn't worried about it as she did lots of cruising for months beforehand - it seemed like for ages she just wasn't ready to take the plunge and go it alone. However, I do remember feeling sometimes frustrated as I just couldn't understand WHY she was so reluctant to walk, so I get how you feel OP. I think in the end it just came down to her needing to feel secure enough in herself and her body to try it, and that's something you can't rush.

It was somewhat awkward at child care as she was with a group of kids around her age and was the only non-walker. The other children saw her as a 'baby' and would treat her a bit like a doll - they would prod and poke and stroke her while she sat there and then they'd run off and play together and I felt really bad that she couldn't join in.

Anyhow, she got there, in her own good time. As do most kids, so you'll just have to be patient, and enjoy the fact that you're not having to chase after him everywhere at the moment

I found it hard when DD wanted to crawl around places like cafes and parks when it had just rained! However when she started walking at 15 months she was good straight away and rarely fell over. I walked at 19m but DH did at 10m, so opposite genes!

DD1 was a bum shuffler who walked at 17 months (and she really wasn’t overkeen on it even then).
She’s now 12 and a keen hockey player, cyclist, swimmer and thespian who walks a mile to school every day. The do all, eventually, get there .
Try not to worry.

YAB a little bit U! But I get you’re frustrated...
Buy a few cheapish puddle suits and let him crawl and get as mucky as he wants to. (Bring a damp flannel to wipe hands etc).
This too shall pass and in some ways it’s the end of a baby stage which is actually so precious and you WILL miss it one day when you look back.

people do go on about it don’t they

Yep, they do. I had several friends and relatives tell me that I needed to get DD checked out by a paediatrician. Whereas I could tell that there was nothing physically wrong with her (and the health nurse had already confirmed no sign of hip dysplasia) - it was just a reluctance on DD's part to walk independently.

It seems to be part of a general hyper-vigilance towards developmental milestones in young children these days, which means we often forget that babies and toddlers are individuals who are meeting the world on their own terms.

He was a reasonably late crawer (10 Months) but is now like lightening on his knees.

He stands and plays all the time, but as soon as he needs to travel he drops o his knees.

He used to walk holding hands but now refuses to at all!

I know he will do it eventually... but I wish it was soon!