5 months old and walking !

[TatyHough]

Hi my 5 months old baby is walking since almost 5 months ( holding on my fingers ) he walks like an adult one step after another also now he's almost 6 months and walks fast and it's almost doing all by himself is that normal ?
Also he stroke animals and get very excited to see them and always try to chase them...
I don't know if I'm right but I think he's very advanced is that right?!
Is it most of 5 months old babies like that ?! Also he sit up since he's 4 months .. Let me know your opinions
Thanks

roundtable, I had no idea how not walking could lead to a long life - until I re-read my post.

So that'd be the 1930s then.

I personaly would replace it with a jumperoo or static acvtivity centre, see what your HV says though.

I think OP is to a point about child development and advances with time, there is picture of me at about 6+ months I was a bit of a fatty and still swaddled laying in my pram, I asked my mum and she said thats what everyone did with babies in those days swaddled in the pram and in the garden for most of the day. My dd had almost quit napping in the day at about that age let alone tollerate being swaddled most of the day.

My DS started walking unaided at 8 months and is now 18 months. Appears to be developing normally so far and meeting his milestones if a little slow on his speech development compared to his sister at this age.
The only issue we have is he is so active and into everything we have stair gates everywhere as he has little self control (obviously )
I would enjoy it and make the most of him not being fully mobile yet

I couldn't hold a 2 year old all day lol .. If my back hurts now abd my soon is only 5 months imagine 2 years carrying your baby ..it was probably hard on the 1930 holding kids and washing nappies .. Hard work !
Long life to the babies and surely not to the mums back !
My baby is comfortable in his baby walker so I think I stick to it ..he's always trying to walk without anything but it's killing my back running after him walking and falling ..I think it will be better when he can do by himself so it will give a break for my back from bending so he can walk !

Baby walkers are dangerous and not good for their legs so I would get rid of it.

OP baby walkers aren't great for babies for lots of reasons. Both my DS's were very active from a very early age. DS2's default position from a few months old was standing on your lap. He got very very grumpy when he got put down, so I almost got him a Jumperoo just to get some peace . But I decided against it as I firmly believe that little babies need to be on floor so they can start to move themselves around by rolling, crawling, bumshuffling whatever, then start to pull themselves up when they are ready.

Floor work is really important for muscle development, and unfortunately baby walkers don't allow them to move and develop their muscles as nature intended. I know loads of people say that their child used one and they were fine, but your baby will be better off on the floor, honestly. The other issue with baby walkers (and one of the reasons the Charted Soc of Physios wants them banned) is that they cause a lot ol accidents. As children learn to stand and move around, they also start to develop an awareness of their surroundings and how to negotiate them safely. A walker puts a baby a walking height and gives it the means to zoom around before it will have started to develop those skills (I know when a baby starts to walk accidents are par for the course, my babies are testament to that, but walkers are much riskier!).

Sorry, as you can see I'm pretty anti-baby walker! (I'm an OT so my background has a lot to do with it).

DS2 was crawling before 6m, he's now 7m and has been pulling himself up for ages and is just starting to cruise. They all go at their own pace, but I can tell you from experience with DS1 that having an early walker can be a bit of a nightmare!!!

Taty, 5 months is very early, great that he's such an eager beaver but as you say tough on your back shadowing him!

A friend's son was walking when he was around 8 months and we all thought that was early!

Stillsquiffy, FYI

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I'm convinced mine will be the same way - she's 9wks and is only happy when being held up and can stand merely propped against your hand, not holding her up at all. She always wants to be on the go. I was walking unaided at 8months and skipped crawling (no hint of dyspraxia btw!). I'm going to get her a jumperoo because it'll keep her happy with any luck and give me a break.

But whilst she might be standing up, rolling around and trying to crawl, she hasn't done the 'discover their hands' thing they apparently do at 8wks, so I think other things 'suffer' if you see what I mean?

I have no worries about her anyway, dont care about milestones, what will be will be

Wow, Squiffy I never knew that about the link between not crawling and dyspraxia! I have recently come to the conclusion that my DS is dyspraxic and he walked early and never crawled. I had been thinking that he got his dyspraxia from me - I have never been diagnosed, but reading up on it for him made me realise that I probably have it too - and I walked very early and never crawled. It's funny because people use his good gross motor skills (early walking , good at climbing trees) as examples of why they think he isn't dyspraxic!