11 month old doesn’t know how to fall!

[Lou0712]

My DS has been wanting to walk for months & can now do about 15 steps on his own. He loves his walker too and can stand unsupported. The problem is, he seems to have bypassed the part where he pulls up to stand then gets back down!
When he topples he just falls flat on his face or to the side (I catch him before he hits the floor). Or he’ll cry standing waiting for me to get him. Or he’ll run/fall to me.
It’s the same when he’s standing...I’m trying to teach him to get down onto his bum and he can now do that when he’s in his cot and sometimes when standing holding on but mostly he falls.
Is this just a time thing? It’s so dangerous & I see other babies his age who are nowhere near walking but you can leave them to craw about, pull themselves up, get back down etc. I have to constantly be there to cushion the fall!
What can I do? And has anyone experienced this?
He also can’t get to sitting from lying down. I swear he’s skipped all the “normal” stages of development to get to walking!
From 3 months he was always wanting to be on his feet.
anyway...I know he’ll learn one day but is there anything I can do to help without him hurting himself??

How does he get up to stand? It doesn't make any sense to me pretty sure mine pulled themselves up from their knees and went back down via their knees. Ibcabt work out how he can actually stand. Also if he can't get to sitting from lying down I guess he can't get to standing either? Sorry for sounding goadt and flippant, I don't mean to be, but what makes you think he is close to walking? He can't actually get up if I've understood your post correctly.

Yes, my daughter learned to walk before she learned to stand stably or sit down. She would just tend to walk between me and my husband and then fall into our arms, or to the sofa or something else to hold onto. She picked up the other skills reasonably soon after and now can stop, start, sit from standing, crouch etc with no problems

I can't quite work out what exactly you're saying but I think the options are don't assist him to stand and he will learn to pull himself up and get himself down by himself otherwise let him take the knocks whilst he's learning. Most babies will get some bumps whilst they're learning to walk and they're fine. I doubt it'll do him any major harm x

Mine did this! She could pull up to stand on furniture but had no idea how to bend her legs to sit back down. She would then set off walking across the room to the next thing to hold on to. It was terrifying for me! She had a lot of bumps as she'd just fall flat on her face rather than onto her bum. But she learnt within a few weeks, so don't worry! You just have to have eyes in the back of your head for a while! I also felt like she skipped a lot of the normal stages of development and worried a lot about it at the time. They just do things their own way.

Sorry my message was a bit unclear!
What I meant is that he crawls to a piece of furniture, pulls himself up then just walks off but if he stumbles on the way he just falls to the side or flat on his face rather than put his hands out or land on his bum. And yes - lots of walking between me and my husband. Often he’ll speed up & run to us or the furniture. It’s like he thinks the quicker he gets there, the less harm he’ll come into but obviously this isn’t the case! He’s getting pretty stable now but it’s still terrifying to watch because, whilst I know I should probably let him fall, the only carpeted room in the house is narrow so he’d potentially
Hit his head on the wall if he fell. It’s a cottage so everywhere else is wooden floors or tiles & I can see him doing a lot of damage if he face planted the floor!

So reassuring to hear @NewMum0305 and @UpsAndDowns13 say their children did this too! I’m hoping like yours, he’ll just learn over the next few weeks. Did either of you do anything to help them learn? Or just let them fall?

Eyes in the back of your head is exactly the right description of my life right now!!

I did some games to encourage controlled crouching down from standing - for example standing her at the sofa with a box on the sofa and some blocks on the floor to put into it. So she'd hold onto the sofa and bend down to pick them up. But really it just came in time. It's a difficult phase though - you have my sympathy!

Thanks @UpsAndDowns13
Will try some games and just be patient!