To be impatient with my baby?

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My baby is 15 months and 1 week old (born three weeks early if that's relevant?) and still not walking.

I'm getting worried and impatient about it!

We're going on holiday at the end of the month with a baby the same age (actually a month younger) who's been walking since he was 11 months old. Makes me feel even more worried.

Please be kind, I have a tendency to worry a lot.

AIBU to worry yet?

i was concerned about my son as he didn’t walk and has been delayed in talking. He started walking the week before 18 months motivated by food. To him crawling was faster so why walk?! Once he started he was much quicker to get it than a younger child. It has been the same with talking. Some children wait until they are confident enough to and/or find the motivation. Also strong wills come into play. Nhs state with walking if they are not by around 20 months then it may be an issue. I also read that children that crawl for longer actually have better core strength (my son is very strong) so it looks like there are some benefits to not rushing.

Easier said than done but try not to worry about this. My DS bottom shuffled at 13 months. Before that he was immobile and stayed where we put him! He walked at 19 months, but couldn’t pull up to standing until after he was two. He crawled for the first time at 2 and a half! He was under the care of the physio who said he was fine, he just chose to develop in a different order to most kids. I hated taking him to softplay with his peers because he couldn’t do anything the other kids his age could do and I worried about it a lot. All of that worry was for nothing because he was absolutely fine. He’ll do it when he’s ready

I have 4 children and all were between 13-15(ish) months to start walking. All were speedy crawlers though.

Try not to worry my daughter starting walking with a push along walker at 8 months and I thought oh wow! She will be walking early! Nope she didn't walk on her own untill 16 months she walked on her knees untill then 😂

My daughter started walking 3 weeks ago and she's 17.5 months. She's almost running now! I was worried and brought her to see a PT at 15 months and all was fine.

Your baby will get there in the end. People told me the same but it's hard when it's your own. If your child seems on track in other ways I wouldn't worry.

You don't need to worry. Mine wasn't walking at 18months, mentioned it at a GP appointment for something else and they told me to come back at 22months. He walked at 21 months. He never did the stagger, fall on your bum stuff, just walked very confidently straight off. DC2 walked at 14months.

OP, I am the same except it's a 17 month old who isn't talking. He's physically precocious
He was walking a week before he turned 11 months, and can now get himself onto the top of our dining table by scaling our chairs, can open the top of a plastic milk bottle, undo a zip, take his own shoes off, etc. but is barely talking. He seems to have worked out how to say "bye" when waving, but that's about it.

I have heard people say that kids tend to be walkers or talkers at this stage, so I am trying not to stress about it. I think a lot of them pick talking or moving as the thing to focus on first and it eventually evens itself out by 2.5-3 ish.

I have 3 children. DD1 walked at 18 months, DD2 walked at 10 months, DS walked at 22 months.
I was panicking and really starting to think he'd never walk (despite it being my third child) but he did and is fine. He was born 3 weeks early by emergency c section and tbh he's always been a bit behind (didn't even open his eyes until he was 6 weeks old). But I think as he's getting older it's less noticeable so in the long run it doesn't really matter.

The 3 weeks early does matter, he's still within normal. Walking later is more common in boys and second children as there's usually someone who will fetch and carry for them. You may find holiday with another baby who is walking gives him a bit more motivation. Just a little more patience if nothing changes in the 6 months then speak to GP ❤

Both of mine were super early talkers, and late walkers, I'm sure at least 15-18months. I was excited and impatient for them to walk at the time but looking back on it, its a blessing they took longer coz once they were off they run me ragged 🤣 seems from previous replies he is making the positive signs he has no medical issues preventing walking, just try n relax and be smug when you don't have to chase him everywhere on holiday haha

I wasnt walking until 15 months 58 now it's never caused a problem

Being born early irrelevant. Our twins were born 4 weeks early one was walking before a year old and the other has just started and she's 17month. Our son who is 2 he was 16month when he just up and started

It can be very relevant. If a baby is born early then they are likely to hit milestones later. Except they aren't later, they are where they would have been if they had been born at 40 weeks.
Of course some babies hit milestones earlier than others but when they are born can certainly make a difference.

15 months is not late! My dd has hypermobility and walked at 21 months. For a non-hypermobile child, 18 months would be totally normal. My ds who was perfectly active and normal was about 18 months.

Still no walking :(

It's really getting me down...

Maybe seek help, it's not normal to get so down about babies not walking yet when it's well within the normal range

Three weeks early as in born at 34 weeks, or three weeks 'early' as in 37 weeks and born at term?

If 34 weeks then you need to adjust by nearly 1.5 months so don't worry at all until 20months. If 37 weeks then your baby wasn't early!

My 32 weeker took her time walking but, when age corrected, was well within normal. I was beside myself at the time with anxiety but they really do get there in their own time. It sounds like your child is doing all the precursors to walking - I'd only be concerned at this point if they weren't doing those things.

Of all of my 'late walker' friends, the only one who needed support with walking physio hadn't done any of the introductory movements either - could sit but no real crawling or weight bearing on legs etc.

You’ve had so many people respond here, including me, who confirm that this is totally within the normal range for kids walking. My comment says that my kid took his first steps at 16 months (a tad older than your kid is now), and then didn’t bother again until 18 months - at which point he just got up and then never stopped.

And really there is no ‘normal’. They can be 7 months or 3 years when they start. You posted here for advice and EVERYONE has provided great reassurance that you don’t seem to be listening to, so why did you bother? There are babies in this world with real, known developmental problems who will never walk, or do other things either, and their parents know it for certain. THAT is hard. I’m really not trying to upset you but please try to have some perspective. It’s time for you to take a chill-pill, heed the advice of these other parents, and your kid will probably be walking imminently.

Update, he's finally walking at 17 months

So well within normal range then... see!

My first walked at 15 months but my second has only just started walking at 18 months and now he's off and loving it. Try not to worry, they do it all in their own time.

Just saw update, that's great! Now stopping him now.