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AlexMumsnet · 20/03/2013 15:32

Clarks have just released their latest First Shoes range here and to coincide they would love to hear about your DCs first steps.

So what do you remember about your child(ren)s first attempts to negotiate the world on two feet?

~ How old were they?

~ Do you remember where you were at the time?

~ Did they take time to adjust, or were they keen to get a move on?

~ How did it feel? Were you overjoyed or just slightly terrified at how quickly they were growing up and what they could now get up to!?

Everyone who shares their thoughts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw, where one MNer will win a £100 Clarks voucher.

Thanks and good luck,

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MygirlHattie · 24/03/2013 00:08

My bubba Hattie took her first steps a week after first standing on her own. It's easy to remember as it was Christmas Eve exactly one week before her 1st birthday and seemed to have saved it especially for grandads visit and that made it even more special as he only sees her 3/4 times a year. I was so pleased she'd done it for them it felt really special.

She took to walking instantly and was an unstoppable force. She can run now at nearly 15 months and hates being in her buggy, she's a walker for sure xxx

Solo · 24/03/2013 00:54

My Ds was just 10 months old the day he walked solo!

I was visiting a friend and her two children and new baby. Ds was watching the older girls and then suddenly, he walked the full length of the room unaided. My face must've been a picture and a bit like this ---> Shock

I don't think I can remember Dd's first steps :(, though I know she was slightly older than Ds.

MooseyMoo · 24/03/2013 07:06

DD at 17 months cruised and would walk holding our hands, then just my little finger. If I/she let go she would start walking on her knees. She knee walked until 22 months. We were at nanny's house trying to take photo of 4 mo DS when DD said 'Lookat me, I'm walking' and walked past us and continued for 30 mins doing circuits of room. We were both Shock

DS walked at 14 months, and took us by surprise. He loves walking up and down lounge and is now jogging everywhere. He will not hold hands and tends to walk towards cars if he sees them. Much easier reasoning with a 22 month!

swallowedAfly · 24/03/2013 07:26

first steps just before his first birthday and away he went. i was quite surprised as it seemed to take him forever to move from sticking his bottom in the air and rocking while we all watched expectantly to actually getting crawling so i presumed walking would be the same slow process.

i did feel really proud but yes also scared - i'd say the time from starting walking to 2.5/3 is the hardest work in parenting. i think it's being so mobile and able to get into things with so little sense Smile love babies, love pre schoolers, in between is hard work.

Tinkerisdead · 24/03/2013 07:35

Dd1 was 9 months old and I was at home saying to my mum "i'm sure she's going to walk soon" as she'd been cruising for ages and was at the stage where they are merely holding on with a finger tip. My mum said nooooo you've got ages yet and as she said it dd1 just let go and walked across the lounge to me. I was shouting "she's doing it shes doing it now!" Then i burst into tears with shock and pride. From then on dhe was just running off everywhere. I even got the comment from dh's stepmum that i shouldnt have pushed her. I'm sure she thinks i trained her on a treadmill.

Dd2 had been cruising for ages and at 11 months my inlaws came to my house. I said she's stumbled a couple of steps but i cant get her to walk to me. Fil bent down and said "come on then dd2" and she just shot across to him about five steps. He swept her up and i cried again. Pride but jealousy that she'd walked to him not me. Now she's 13 months and runs like a pinball bolting in one direction til she bounces off an object then running off again.

swallowedAfly · 24/03/2013 08:36

Smile thedoctorswife -my sister walked at 9months which to my mind is really early and unusual. my mother thought i was, in her words, 'retarded' because i didn't walk till 14months. she was genuinely convinced there was something wrong with me.

Solo · 24/03/2013 11:01

I walked at 9 months too saf :) it is very early.

Tinkerisdead · 24/03/2013 11:34

I must admit that by the time dd2 walked at 11 months I was having to reassure myself it was normal (in fact early again really) but i had a warped benchmark to compare to.

HellesBelles396 · 24/03/2013 12:23

my son was 364 days old when he first walked.

he'd been using his walker and furniture to hold onto for the previous few weeks but granny was visiting for his birthday and decided he would take his first unaided steps while she was there so she didn't miss it.

after walking him up and down my lounge holding progressively fewer fingers. she let go and he toddled three steps to me. I gave him the biggest hug then sent him straight back. he was so pleased with himself!

I realised then how quickly his childhood would seem (to me) to pass.

DrCoconut · 24/03/2013 12:42

William was a few days away from being ten months old when he took his first steps. He quickly gained confidence and was all over within a couple of weeks!

SilveryMoon · 24/03/2013 12:48

Both my ds's were 14 months when they took their first step. Ds1 was in the living room and took 2 very hesitant steps after dp let go of his hand. He was very unsure of himself and fell onto his bum, but he was straight back up again! 4 years later, we're still waiting for him to sit down!
Ds2, we were in the bathroom and he took the few steps to walk from the bath to the toilet.
They both got the hang of it very quickly and were walking outside within a few weeks.

elQuintoConyo · 24/03/2013 14:24

~ How old were they?

DS was 8 months and three weeks. He'd been crawling and cruising since 5 months, aas soon as he could crawl he was pulling up.

~ Do you remember where you were at the time?

At home. DS was standing with a toy in one hand and his other hand was on my knee balancing. He took that hand off to hold the toy, DH laughed at something, DS turned around and walked to Daddy.

~ Did they take time to adjust, or were they keen to get a move on?

Didn't take 5 minutes to adjust, he was up and away. He climbed onto the sofa the following week. That was the end of the pushchair, too.

~ How did it feel? Were you overjoyed or just slightly terrified at how quickly they were growing up and what they could now get up to!?

We were pretty amazed. We're first-time parents and don't know when they are supposed to meet these milestones. It was sad to say godbye to the small person crawling around the room, but we could place 'chase' much better. DS is into everything and anything and is faster than lightning!

insanityscratching · 24/03/2013 14:37

I had just had ds 2 by c section, I'd left ds 1 with his auntie and she brought him in to see his baby brother. I'd not seen him for two days and was tired and emotional and then he took his first steps and cue me crying for the rest of visiting time.

insanityscratching · 24/03/2013 14:39

Should have added ds was almost 18 months, by the time I left hospital he was pretty quick on his feet and it was pretty useful as it save me bending down and lifting no end.

leanneth · 24/03/2013 16:01

My little boy first walked properly at home, down the hallway, on Christmas Day when he was 11 months old. I caught it on camera too! He had been threatening to walk for a few months and everyone, including staff at his nursery, were convinced that he was going to walk before my birthday in November and so I think he held on deliberately until Christmas Day once he'd missed doing it on my birthday!

On Christmas Day he walked right down the hallway and I'd expected him to do it for ages but I still felt very proud of him! He's not stopped since!

youmaycallmeSSP · 24/03/2013 17:15

DS took his first steps two weeks before his first birthday. DH and I were sitting on the floor opposite each other just far apart enough that DS had to walk between us without holding hands. We all loved it! DS was soon walking steadily after that and had his first outside walk a couple of weeks later.

moonbeggs · 24/03/2013 18:44

DS was also two weeks shy of his first birthday when he managed to take more than the odd couple of steps before falling over. He managed 27 steps! We were in the creche at Church at the time.

He was off like a rocket after that, couldn't stop him. We were highly amused since we were and still are convinced he wanted to walk so badly because he wanted to catch the cat!

Got our first shoes the regulation 6 weeks afterwards, and yes they were Clark's ;)

LaTrucha · 24/03/2013 20:02

DD was almost 17 months before she did anything other than cruise. She wouldn't crawl, pull herself up, sit from lying down, bum shuffle. Nothing. I was beginning to get worried. Then one day at a toddler group she got herself stuck under a chair and spent about five minutes regarding her peers, all trotting about, clearly thinking, 'Why can't I do that?' About ten minutes later, she was standing at my knee and walked to the middle of the room, and away from me, for the first time. Within 5 days she could do all the things she had never done before.

DS was freakishly early, by contrast. He could be 'finger-walked' the length of our house at four months old. I have pictures of him taking steps, only one or two, mind, at eight months old. If I didn't have it all taped I wouldn't believe myself now. In one of the videos he is wearing a baby gro and it just looks very, very odd. He was solidly walking at nine months. He hardly ever falls, even now when he climbs anything, jumps everywhere and takes everything at a run.

NaturalBaby · 24/03/2013 20:23

Ds1 - I can't really remember because he was cruising so well, then shuffling about so didn't really have a 1st step moment. It was sometime soon after his 1st birthday. I think.

Ds2 was in more of a hurry and managed to stand and start shuffling just before his first birthday on holiday in Chichester. I have a lovely series of photos of him as we were sitting on a patch of grass in the harbour. He would fly along on his hands and knees and was more interested in climbing.

Ds3 walked across the dining room a day or 2 before his first birthday. That was our proper 1st step moment where we held out arms out and all gave him a round of applause. He was very impressed with himself!

They had all been so mobile crawling that walking slowed them down so it was bit of a relief when they started walking!

carovioletfizz · 24/03/2013 20:26

~ How old were they?
DS was 8 months when he first walked.

~ Do you remember where you were at the time?
We were at home and I was chatting to my brother in law. DS had been cruising for a while and standing unaided so I knew he would walk any time, but I almost missed it - I saw it out the corner of my eye and turned my head just in time!

~ Did they take time to adjust, or were they keen to get a move on?
He was walking confidently really quickly after those first steps.

~ How did it feel? Were you overjoyed or just slightly terrified at how quickly they were growing up and what they could now get up to!?
I was very surprised at how quickly he walked as our other daughters had all walked around their first birthday. I was a little sad that he walked so young in a way as he didn't feel so much like a baby once he was walking, also it was exhausting running about after him! He was the talk of playgroup for a while though as he was still so little and looked so funny waddling about.

montymum · 24/03/2013 20:26

DS took his first steps last Thursday. He is 10 months old. He has been crawling since Christmas day and cruising for about a month. I had just finished a really long day at work with 15 parents evenings. I went to collect him from my mums and he was up playing. I was cuddling him on the sofa and when I put him down he took 4 steps to get him to the coffee table so he could platy with a lamp he knows he isn't supposed to touch! He has been getting more confident all weekend and now walks about 10 steps at a time, clapping himself the whole way!

Cherrybright · 24/03/2013 20:50

Dd walked at 9 months, by nine and a half she was walking more than anything else. I was happy about it as it meant she wouldn't need carrying as much. We were at home :))

Maternitygold · 24/03/2013 21:10

My daughter was just 8.5 months when she surprised one day and took few steps! We were visiting parents and its was such a joy for the grandparents to see her walk at a tender age :) she has been a prolific walker since then Smile

fishybits · 24/03/2013 21:43

I don't have a toddler yet but I do have a wobbler! She's perfected the art of hands on feet, bum in air and puuuuuusssssshhhhhh up and there she is proud as punch but wobbling away like a weeble.

She's a 5 steps forward, 2 back kinda girl but the steps forwards or backwards get faster every day. DH and I have bet upon which day she'll walk the length of the hall. He'll be at sea when it finally happens but I'll tell him he won anyway. Smile

DD is 14 months.