Should i be 'concerned ' about 14th month old?

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I have a beautiful healthy and bubbly 14 month old son. His development is pretty much normal except for 2 things, he has no teeth yet and though he crawls at super speed and cruises from one piece of furniture to the other he doesn't seem in ' a hurry ' to walk. I'd like to hear from other parents who babies are/were like this. His paed is not worried btw

My son walked at 13 months, had teeth from 4.5 months. Daughter has been walking 3 weeks and she’s 16 months. Teeth didn’t start coming through to 8.5 months.

All babies are different but if you are concerned see your hv or gp.

Don't know about teeth but I know that in the book 'Mary Sheridan's From Birth to Five Years' it says get them checked out if not walking by 18 months, so you have a way to go yet.

Atm I look after a little boy who is now 19 months and only just started walking 2 weeks ago. I wouldn't worry about that just yet. Some kids get teeth later than others but if yoh are worried about the teeth ask your hv.

If he’s cruising the furniture I wouldn’t worry about the walking - it just sometimes takes them a while to find that confidence to let go, it’s not so much a physical issue. The no teeth seems a bit more unusual, but if your gp isn’t worried I guess it’s not as uncommon as it seems.

My son didn’t have teeth til 13 months. He could walk but didn’t walk independently til 18 months. I wouldn’t worry.

Our son didn't walk until around 15 months but still isn't saying any words at 23 months and we've been told not to worry by our GP.

Mine crawled at 8.5 months, cruised a couple of weeks later, didn't walk till 16 months. He was very fast at crawling and once he walked he was off like a shot so I think he only wanted to go once he was confident enough.

I'd speak to your dentist re teeth, might be worth getting him checked out if you're worried.

All fine and completely normal. Some children don't get teeth til later. It's unusual, but not abnormal. The average age for walking is 15 months, so if he walked tomorrow, he would be starting earlier than average. My first didn't walk until 15 months. 2nd has only just started to walk at 18 months (he has been crawling since 5.5 months!). All perfectly normal. Actually, there is a correlation between length of time crawling and cognitive performance at school age. Babies who crawl for longer before starting to walk perform better overall in a range of tests - it's because crawling builds really important connections in the brain (it's very sensory in a way that walking isn't), so the longer they crawl, assuming all else is fine, the better.

I agree with everyone else really. Ds only got teeth in his 12th month - he now has 4 but I could / can see they are there just not broken through the skin yet - if there are no bumps I might see a dentist although I expect it's fine of dr not concerned. The walking sounds normal.

My DS crawled for 6 months before walking. He literally pulled himself up on the table the day he started crawling, but he was very cautious when it came to walking. We did get him one of those v-tech push along walkers and he took to that ( not the sit in ones.)

Teeth are very random, a friends child seemed to not get teeth until really late, I remember it was past walking. He walked at 15 months. So teeth maybe 16 months plus.

My DS got a few teeth quickly then his full set took took ages to come in, much longer than his peers.

It's hard not to worry and tricky to compare, but what I'm saying is certain milestone do have large age variations.

@Someaddedsugar My DS has a severe speech delay. I would say you would want to push for help to encourage his talking once he turns 2. Your council / family support service will probably run some sort of speech play course you can attend with your child. And whilst it's a bit drawn out it is basically a playgroup where they teach you to help them with their talking. Please speak to your HV and don't take their crap when they try to fob you off with if his understanding is ok there is no issue. Some children need more support to learn to speak despite understanding instructions etc. My DS communicated a lot with pointing at 2, but words have been a struggle.

@shoulderstoesandknees I've pm'd you - hope that's ok!

Thanks everyone. I've read on this extensively but needed to hear from other parents. Makes me feel better. I shouldn't say he's not interested, not completely true, he's just very cautious. Someone else here mentioned that of their baby. He gives a little chuckle when he let's go of the furniture and stands for a few seconds. Lol. But some days he couldn't be bothered. Tell me, does the amount of floor time make a difference? Unfortunately my entire house is tiled. And ice cold now that its winter here so we have 2 or 3 sessions (of about 45min to an hr) a day in designated areas on his play mats. They are large areas so he can crawl and cruise to his heart's delight. Is this enough?