14 month old not walking

My son started walking when he was 17 months... Now it is difficult to
get him to stop running (and talking) at 2 and half years

My daughter didn't even pull herself up (in her cot) until she was 13 months
so it was another month of cruising before she walked independently. You
usually find that one area of development suffers for a little while while
something else strides ahead. Don't stress - they all have their own time!

Liz
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I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen
month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on
furniture and he can walk while holding onto an adult with both hands
or pushing one of those little toys that encourage walking. He is not
behind in his language or anything. In fact he says about four words
pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other
stories similar to this. Thanks!!

Circe wrote:
"Barbara" wrote in message
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Irrational Number wrote:

He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age
for walking, which means half the kids walk
before then and half after. He's cruising and
seems to be okay on his other milestones.

That number surprises me. I thought that most kids started walking
between 9 mos and 15 mos, with the median much closer to 12 mos. No
matter.

From everything I've seen, 13 months is the median age for walking. And
while the majority walk between 9 and 15 mos., the outliers can be as young
as 7 mos. and as old as 18 mos. and still be in the "normal" range.

I stand corrected.

-- Anita --

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wrote:

I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen
month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on
furniture and he can walk while holding onto an adult with both hands
or pushing one of those little toys that encourage walking. He is not
behind in his language or anything. In fact he says about four words
pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other
stories similar to this. Thanks!!

Other people have given you the range of normal age for walking, and given
that your DS is cruising etc it probably won't be long. You might want to
check how old you and your DH were when you started walking. DH & I were very
late walkers; DS1 surprised us by walking at 14mo.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.

In C87Ee.90005$Qo.53938@fed1read01,
Circe wrote:

*"Barbara" wrote in message
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* Irrational Number wrote:
* He's doing fine. 14-15 months is the median age
* for walking, which means half the kids walk
* before then and half after. He's cruising and
* seems to be okay on his other milestones.
*
* That number surprises me. I thought that most kids started walking
* between 9 mos and 15 mos, with the median much closer to 12 mos. No
* matter.
*
*From everything I've seen, 13 months is the median age for walking. And
*while the majority walk between 9 and 15 mos., the outliers can be as young
*as 7 mos. and as old as 18 mos. and still be in the "normal" range.

PHEW!

-hillary, who did not walk til 18 mos.



--
Hillary Israeli, VMD
Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is
too dark to read." --Groucho Marx

In article .com,
wrote:

I either need reassurance or advice on this subject. I have a fourteen
month old son who doesn't want to walk . He cruises just fine on
furniture and he can walk while holding onto an adult with both hands
or pushing one of those little toys that encourage walking. He is not
behind in his language or anything. In fact he says about four words
pretty clear and his speech is getting clearer by the day. Any other
stories similar to this. Thanks!!

Maybe he can walk; maybe he just has a slightly more
cautious personality than the average child his age.
Having a cautious personality can be a good thing!!
He is walking; he's just holding onto something while
he does it, that's all.
--
Cathy Woodgold
http://www.ncf.ca/~an588/par_home.html
We are all Iraqis now.