DD still isnt walking at nearly 16 months

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Any other late walkers out there? I am starting to get mildly worried about her. She has been fairly late with all her physical milestones (but havent been worried) - pulled herself up at one year, cruising a bit later etc. Didnt really crawl or even roll over until 11 months.

She is nearly 16 months now and is absolutely fine cruising - runs around the furniture that way, runs around pushing her walker and will walk if you hold both hands. She has been like this for around 3 months and just does not want to walk. She can get to a standing position on her own but doesnt seem to want to.

She is an extremely laid back happy baby who just doesnt seem to want to walk. She can get everything she wants and her brother will pass things to her. She is also perfectly capable of climbing the stairs and all over the furniture mind you!

Would you worry? I am used to DS who was cruising by 8 months and walking before his birthday. She still seems very much a 'baby' because she is not walking - not that I want her to grow up

My dd1 was 18 months before she walked and ds was 16 months.

dd2 was 12 months.

Some kids are just faster than others. I wouldn't worry - one day she will take off adn be totaly confident in a couple of days!

DS3 was 1 on 3rd Dec and is just cruising the past couple of weeks. Kneels up a lot and crawls but no walking without holding on.

He only began crawling about a month ago - before that was commando crawling on his tummy.

Other 2 were walking by 10 months so I was a little concerned. Mentioned to Doc who told me he probably won't bother yet as his older brothers age 3 and 4 do/bring everything for him so no need.

World wide walking is a skill achieved by 2 years. Here in the UK we really push walking around the first birthday. It is in fact better for babies to have a good length of time crawling, as this stage is important for developing coordination at the hips and shoulders which in turns results in better walking, running and hand eye coordination skills. You describe a toddler who is about to walk and I am sure she will very soon. Your next problem will be keeping up with her once she is on her two feet and running.

Another vote for "don't worry". My DC4 walked at 16.5 months whereas DC1 started at 9.5 months. I did find it difficult as I had expected him to walk at around a year and we had a frustrating summer holiday where he couldn't really enjoy it as well as I had hoped but of course he got there in the end.
I now have a 22 month old who says only 3 words and those not very well but that's a whole other thread

Grrrr at all the people who seem to think a child is late walking if it doesn't walk by 13 months (mine walked at 23 months and 17 months).

I don't understand what you think might be the problem, to be honest, as she clearly has the muscles to walk and can already get herself to stand, so has the ability to balance, too. Do you really think she'll still have to hold on to things to walk when she's a grown up, or even when she's 2 or 3? Or that, despite all the evidence indicating that she doesn't have a problem with teaching herself how to walk, she needs to be taught? If she had serious problems with co-ordination, that would show up elsewhere in her development, and if she had excessively loose joints or weak muscles, she wouldn't be able to do all the things she is already doing.

i dont think its wrong to be overly cautious as it could be a problem to some children i think always worth checking out anything as my son was late speaker i took him at 2 and it led onto other things being wrong same as walking he did walk at 14 mths but we had him checked and found something to be wrong with hip bone from birth although corrected itself i still feel glad to have checked it out

what isnt a problem to some children is for others so can never be too cautious in my opinion early intervention is always best if all is well then great if not you have got there early enough always go with your own feelings other than what others think as if id listened to everyone then i would have got help too late for my son