when are they 'walking'?

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My 13month old took his first step on Monday, today he managed 10 steps all at once.

When do you class it as 'walking'???

I'd say he's started walking.

My DS was doing that around 14mths and I described it as "starting to walk" and then once he was walking around completely by himself most of the time at 15mths, I said he was "walking". It doesn't really matter....

When you consistently need big glasses of wine in the evenings to cope with the stress of all the dangerous opportunites they managed to discover that day due to their new-found speed and vertical reach?

Ha ha, thanks for that CantSupinate!!!!

i would say walking when they dont crawl they just walk

Well today he has decided not to bother walking, and we're back to the crawling days again.

DTs started walking around 11th month and as soon as they took their first step, they were off. Expected the wobbly baby walk and lots of bumps but they were really sure on their feet right from the start.
All babies are different though, I'd say the first steps count as walking because once they figure out that getting from A to B is much faster by walking, they should start preferring that modus opeandi.

he's walking.

DS (almost 14 mo) also takes a day off sometimes (and doesn't crawl). I still regard him as "walking" but not "walking confidently".

It's true that it doesn't really matter!
It's so CUTE isn't it?

We have the 'cross the room' test which said child has to be able to achieve without falling over. And it's a big room.