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NOW CLOSED Tell Clarks about your child's first steps and be in with a chance of winning a £100 voucher

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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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poorbutrich · 24/03/2013 21:59

My son learned to walk at about 9 months, but didn't think it was worth bothering as it was faster to crawl. He'd often get to his feet, look at me, I'd encourage him and he'd give me a cheeky smile, take two steps and sit down. He then started walking independently at 13 months after watching a pretty little girl walk over to him to tickle his feet.

iwasyoungonce · 24/03/2013 22:28

My DD was 13 months old when she took her first steps - and it was Mother's Day. All my family were at our house, and I was standing in the dining room, and saw her suddenly toddle in from the kitchen to the lounge.

I shrieked for everyone to watch. I was so happy that I'd seen it myself. I worked full time, and was worrying that I'd miss it.

A lovely memory that I'll never forget.

MumOfAPickle · 24/03/2013 23:20

DS was 13 months and was running after a day! I remember feeling proud and excited but vaguely terrified that he could now run away from me.
DD was cruising from about 7 months but didn't actually walk on her own until 15 months, it was ridiculous! So we mainly felt relief Grin

ShatnersBassoon · 25/03/2013 09:28

DS1 took his first steps when we were moving house. We were packing boxes in the bedroom and he walked over with one of his toys to put in the box Smile

He was a fairly late walker (18m), and wasn't that keen to walk even once he'd mastered it. He's still a shiftless article now, to be honest Grin

elQuintoConyo · 25/03/2013 10:14

poorbutrich your post made me laugh. DS is ill with a acaking cough that sprays me with milk, and that cheered me up. Such a sweet memory of his first steps Thanks

BreconBeBuggered · 25/03/2013 11:29

My sons both obligingly took their first steps as presents to me and their Dad. DS1 began walking on our wedding anniversary at nine and a half months, and being a people-pleaser/show-off he made sure it happened in front of a set of grandparents too. DS2 was a bit later getting going and took to his feet on Christmas Day aged 13 months. I don't think he's sat down since.

VivaLeBeaver · 25/03/2013 12:53

My dd showed few signs of walking. We went on a picnic at a local woods. Set dd down on a picnic blanket and I turned back to teh car to get food, etc out. Came back to dd to find she'd stood up and walked - over to a pile of rabbit droppings which she was now eating!!!

So I w as happy she'd walked and a bit grossed out at the poo in mouth situation.

thereonthestair · 25/03/2013 13:12

These posts are lovely, but a little bittersweet for me. My DS (3) can't walk well not in the sense you mean anyway as he has cerebral palsy. He will walk of a fashion one day, but we don't know when or what that fashion will be. The funny thing is I have no recollection of many of the other motor milestones as they really are inch by inch for us. However if he does ever get up and walk I will shout it from the rooftops

Jims · 25/03/2013 13:18

Ds1 took his first steps (in a falling/running way) just before he turned 9 months and was properly rampaging at just 10 months after a couple of weeks in the middle doing commando crawl. I'm hoping ds2 will be a bit slower as ds1 had no sense and had a dent in his head from falling into the bay window corner and split his eyebrow on a doorframe!

JugglingFromHereToThere · 25/03/2013 13:27

Thanks for reminding us that it's never something to take for granted thereonthestair And not everyone remembers the dates of all the milestones I'm sure. I was trying to remember DS and DD's first words the other day - have a feeling DS was quite taken by dogs but that's about it !

Goldrill · 25/03/2013 13:48

My DD was 18 months, and we were beginning to think it would never happen! She sat up really well from about 4 months and could roll and crawl soon after, but I guess she just couldn't be bothered.

She started by grabbing furniture and toddling round our living room, and had to give it a proper go when one bit of furniture turned out to be...the dog - who promptly walked off!

bubby64 · 25/03/2013 14:02

I had pemature twins, so one didnt walk until he was 117 months, and the other joined him 2 weeks later - 12yrs on I still have the photos taken in Clarkes when they got their first "proper" shoes Grin

upthehammers · 25/03/2013 15:46

~ How old were they?

DS was 10 months, at my sister's caravan. He just decided he was going to walk and did it, haven't been able to stop him since. I was ecstatic that my little man was fully mobile and keen to start he next part of his life.

DD started walking at 11 months (she's 1 this week). She'd taken a few steps weeks and weeks before but always got over excited and fell over but it finally clicked into place and she won't keep still now. I'm so proud of her but also terrified now as the two of them can run in separate directions!!

Gemd81 · 25/03/2013 19:00

My daughter was 14 months when she started to walk she crawled from 5.5 months which is why I think she didn't walk earlier as crawling was the fastest mode of transport - she was pulling up on the coffee table and sofa wks before then suddenly one evening in the living room just walked across the room - that was it from then on she was off! I was very pleased but amazed it feels like she was growing up quicklyGrin

LillianGish · 25/03/2013 19:04

I thought my dd would never walk - she was a bum shuffler par excellence, she'd practice standing but didn't want to take any steps. I was pregnant with ds and really hoping she'd get going before he was born. She was 22 months when she finally took the plunge, I remember we were living in Paris at the time and my parents were visiting. We'd just turned into the rue du Cherche Midi when she climbed out of her pushchair, took hold of my father's hand and set off - and there was no stopping her! We couldn't believe it - she walked practically the entire length of the road (no short distance) and forced Lionel Jospin, who French prime Minister at the time and who lived round the corner, to take a detour as she commanded the pavement. She never looked back - and she hardly got back into the pushchair after that! It felt like she's been waiting until she could do it properly!

Huffpot · 25/03/2013 19:11

How old were they? My DS was 2 weeks shy of his first birthday when he took his first steps.

Do you remember where you were at the time? I was with him, holding his 2 week old brother in my arms. I was very hormonal still and when he tottered across the floor, I squealed and dropped to my knees and held out one arm to him. He was absolutely terrified by mummy's over the top reaction and plopped straight back on his bum and didn't try again for another week or so when mummy was slightly calmer

Did they take time to adjust, or were they keen to get a move on? Once he recovered from my outburst he was off and going

How did it feel? I was absolutely delighted as really hadn't expected him to walk so early as he was a boy - thought it would take longer

westcoastnortherner · 25/03/2013 20:19

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caramal · 25/03/2013 20:55

Our son was 10.5 months old when he took his first steps. It was on Christmas Day 2011 he had been poorly all day with a cough and cold and wasn't showing any interest in toys and just wanted to rest.

Later in the evening he took a few steps towards his dad for a hug, it was brilliant and we couldn't quite believe it! It really made it a great Christmas.

It took about 1 month for him to be walking around confidently and this is when we purchased 2 pairs of clarks shoes for him to explore the outdoors

It was scary to think how fast he was growing and developing and I felt he was going through the transition of being "my baby" to a little toddler who wanted to be independent

ISpyPlumPie · 25/03/2013 21:05

DS1 took his first steps at 10 months. He'd been cruising along the furniture for a while and could stand independently. One day, he looked like he really wanted to walk whenever he was standing but would just plonk down. We were in the living room and I decided I'd take a bit of film of him with DH, who had just walked in from work (he hadn't even sat down yet). DS1 looked at him and took a couple of very wobbly steps towards him. It was such lovely moment and even more perfect as DH had seen it - being the parent who works full time, he thought it was very likely he'd miss out on this sort of thing. It was almost if he'd waited to show his dad what he could do. What's more, I managed to film it and DS1 loves looking at the clip of the first time he walked.

DS2 is only 3 months so I can't wait to see if he's an early walker like his brother (his dad apparently was too) or if he takes things at a different pace. I know the odds of us both being there and capturing it on camera again aren't great, but I suppose you never know Smile.

GetKnitted · 25/03/2013 21:09

220 messages! Everyone loves to talk about when their DCs walked :) My DS1 was 15 months and had been walking with hands held for ages, instead of a first walk he decided to have a first dance :)

DS2 was not a day over 10 months and away!

tinypumpkin · 25/03/2013 21:46

How old were they?
DD3 - 18 months

~ Do you remember where you were at the time?
At home in my lounge - it was last week!

~ Did they take time to adjust, or were they keen to get a move on?
Still taking time to adjust. She is a cautious girl.

~ 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 am very pleased but it does make me worry more. She is a monkey and a climber. Danger has just got closer to hand!

SarahJessicaFarter · 25/03/2013 21:49

My daughter stood up independently on her first birthday, just weeks before her daddy was due home from Afganistan. Everyone one at her party cheered, it was right at the end. Lots of people had left and just close friends remained. Her big brother (only 4 at the time) held her hand and then tried to persuade er to wait until daddy got home. She nearly did. But progress couldn't stop her. The day her came home she walked the furthest she had ever walked to get to him. A good 10 metres. Even though she'd tried small steps that was her best walk yet, and she didn't look back from that day!

marymod · 25/03/2013 22:25

At 11 months, he still wasn't interested - wiggled his way across the road, wasn't even trying to crawl, just bellyflopped around. Then at 11 and a half months, he decided to crawl, and within a few days was walking. I was so chuffed and laughed and cried at him. Little did I know that within a few weeks I'd be wishing he was still again and safely where I'd left him.

MamaNo1 · 25/03/2013 22:32

My son was 17 months...groan! I thought he would never walk and having been 10lb 14oz at birth he was a blooming big bundle to be carrying around, so it was a moment of relief for me!
My hubby and I were sat one Saturday morning discussing what we were going to do that day and suddenly I was aware he was in the middle of the living room standing rather unsteadily on his own two feet.......and he hadn't been there a few seconds before! He didn't look back, and as i don't drive, we walk everywhere (he's 10 now....how did that happen!?)

joanofarchitrave · 25/03/2013 22:42

DS was 10 months and 10 days old (thanks mate for being so memorable). We were at the inlaws' house, and ds was cruising round the furniture... picked up an apple from the table... cruised a bit more, holding the apple in one hand... and all of a sudden he just walked off the end of a piece of furniture while still holding the apple... didn't quite believe my eyes!