[sapphire_chan]

In the 3 month old standing thread a few people have shared that their LOs who liked to be held to stand up ended up walking quite young (7 months and 8 months were mentioned).

So, what's your experience?

 

[maryeb]

Ds1 loved to stand as a babe, wanted to walk everywhere instead of crawl. So he cruised and then walked assisted before he crawled. He didn't crawl until 11mo., so was doing the cruising around 8mo. I think. HTH! Mary

 

[Bitter Green]

Both mine did a lot of standing and weight bearing at an early age, but they didn't walk until 12 and 11 mos.

 

[Sweet Peak]

Once we "do standing" as DH calls it, our LO has a hard time bending his legs. He wants to keep them straight. We call them his 'iron rods.'

 

[AKA_PI]

Sweet Peeks: sounds like my LO. He started wanting to stand at 7 weeks!

 

[sapphire_chan]

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Originally Posted by maryeb Ds1 loved to stand as a babe, wanted to walk everywhere instead of crawl. So he cruised and then walked assisted before he crawled. He didn't crawl until 11mo., so was doing the cruising around 8mo. I think. HTH! Mary

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Originally Posted by Chaska_Dog Both mine did a lot of standing and weight bearing at an early age, but they didn't walk until 12 and 11 mos.

Thanks!

It occurs to me that it'd also be interesting to hear about babies who didn't care about standing and walked early.

 

[heidirk]

DS1 stood as soon as he could bear weight, like 2 mos. He walked at 12 mos.

but he climbed the stairs at 7 mos.

 

[njbeachgirl]

Nope, my little stander did not walk alone till 14.5 months!

 

[Aubergine68]

My dd would pull herself to standing position holding onto a crib rail by the time she was 5 mo. But she couldn't get down by herself. She walked at 8 mo.

I think being slim and light is also a predictor of early walking. Bigger babies have more mass to move, and that slows them down a little.

I found it very hard to deal with keeping a walking baby safe. I actually wouldn't wish an early walker on anyone. My sons walked at 12 mo and that was much more civilized.

ETA to actually answer your question, yes, dd loved standing in our laps and being pulled to a standing position from a very young age.

 

[Maggirayne]

My DD liked standing early, but didn't walk until 11 months.

 

[Peony]

Dd1 stood really early, she walked right after she turned 1. DD2 didn't stand at all until 11-12 months, she walked at the exact same time DD1 did.

 

[Theoretica]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan In the 3 month old standing thread a few people have shared that their LOs who liked to be held to stand up ended up walking quite young (7 months and 8 months were mentioned). So, what's your experience?

My 7mo DD has been standing without holding on for weeks. She's been crawling like a maniac since 5mos, pulled up to standing the same day she started crawling. She tries to make people 'let' her walk when they hold her hands. It's amazing, my older one wasn't anything like this at all! I say do what works for each baby, they are all so different!

 

[1littlebit]

DS was a blob for the first few months ... he took his first step yesterday

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: lol the day before he turned 10 months. he's been cruising like his little life depends on it for a few months now though. lol

 

[JerseyJen]

My 7 month old has loved doing a supported stand in our laps since he was 2 months old. He's not yet walking, but crawls with enthusiasm. He has just started to pull himself up on a few rare occasions. He can cruise a little bit if he is assisted to stand.

 

[trancechylde]

I would say no-

My son has always been "strong". People always commented on how well he held his head up and how he liked to "stand", maybe from 6/8 weeks??

Anyway, he turns 1 tomorrow (sniff sniff) and is not walking yet, and I see no signs of it happening any time soon. He's happy to walk behind a pushing cart type of thing, and is amazingly quick at crawling and cruising, but walking unsupported? Not so much

 

[Aubergine68]

I think another factor in early walking might be how happy a child is crawling.

My dd hated it. It seemed to really bother her knees (and we had hard floors and she hit crawling age in warm weather so no pants to help cushion). She barely crawled before walking. She was really motivated to get up and go, lol!

 

[Amylcd]

My DD was never really interested in standing, but started walking at 9 months.

 

[2xshy]

dd ( almost 8 months) just got into standing over the last week.
She likes to stand ALL the time and can now "walk" while holding on to the couch.
She had no desire to stand before she could pull herself up to do so. Now that she can she loved it.

 

[pear-shaped]

My dd loved standing even as a tiny baby, but didn't start pulling to stand up until 7 mos. She started cruising at 8 mos. For a while it looked like she really didn't want to crawl (we have very hard floors- ceramic tile over concrete) but at about around ten months she took to it, even though she'd already been cruising for two months. Since then, she seemed uninterested in trying to walk without support, until yesterday when she surprised us by taking a few steps all on her own 11.5 mos.

 

[accountclosed2]

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Originally Posted by heidirk DS1 stood as soon as he could bear weight, like 2 mos. He walked at 12 mos. but he climbed the stairs at 7 mos.

Sounds like my 9-month-old - who isn't walking yet, but has been cruising furniture for four months. She just started crawling (properly) a month ago!