Tips to encourage walking

[skybie]

patience my DD2was 20 months when she decided to walk, nothing we did encouraged it. she did it when she was ready xx

[RhiChiChi]

patience my DD2was 20 months when she decided to walk, nothing we did encouraged it. she did it when she was ready xx

Yeah, they really will just take off when they are ready. Your DD probably can get to things alot faster by crawling, so probably can't see the point in walking ITMS....

[Arimeh]

My two oldest didn't walk until they were 15.5 months, so as frustrating as it is to watch, I don't think there is much you can really do to help them along, they'll do it when they feel confident enough to do it

[Three Graces]

My boys were 14 and 17 months before they took off. The second one wasn't in a hurry at all and I remember getting sick of having to carry him around outside as there are bullants etc here. If anything, crawling for ages is really, really good for their development - lots of cross brain patterning and coordination skills going on which helps for things such as reading on a page, left to right, cycling on a bike and alternating the legs, balance.... I'd be more concerned if your child skipped the crawling stage and went straight to walking, like my nephew did. Your DD will walk when she's good and ready, it's just frustrating when friends have kids the same age and you get comparisons happening. Just know that she's doing a lot of brainwork when she's crawling, clever little thing