My daughter is 16 months old and is not walking or talking, but I'm more worried about the walking just now. She was a month prem and I had placental problems during my pregnancy. She crawled at 7.5 months and started cruising at 10 months, but has just stopped there. I think the problem is balance.
She walks normally when she cruises, but swings her hips, leans forward and generally funny walks when we hold her hands. It's only in the last month that she has walked at all with us holding both her hands, prior to that she would just bend her knees and refuse. She cannot walk if just one hand is held, she swings around the held side and falls down. She cannot stand unsupported though she does try. She won't walk against a push along walker. The best she's stood was literally 2 seconds in the bath, distracted by a toy.
She is otherwise a real livewire. She scrambles over things, climbs up me onto the furniture, crawls up the stairs with no bother. She is energetic and happy. There is no sign of a limp of a weak side. She babbles away and follows some directions (but not many).
I've been looking online about walking today and found that 97% of babies are walking by now, and she wasn't slow on her other milestones. I have also come across ataxic cerebral palsy and I'm worried it might fit what I'm seeing.