Most moms i know hope their babies will be walking for their 1st birthday and often don t.
Baby walking at 10 months.
Some babies begin walking even later than that.
Children at this age are pretty.
My son started walking at 9 months and was a full time walker at 10 months and everyone was amazed.
Although 10 months is considered within the realms of normal it s certainly not typical.
Don t worry if your child takes a little longer though.
The cdc recommends talking to your child s pediatrician if they re not walking at all by 18 months and not walking steadily by age 2 so you have plenty of time even if your little one hasn.
Walking is now just a couple of months away so you can expect your baby to soon be on the go even more.
Most babies take their first steps sometime between 9 and 12 months and are walking well by the time they re 14 or 15 months old.
Remember try not to stress about when your baby is going to walk and maybe cherish those final few months of crawling before life gets very interesting indeed.
Early walking comes with its advantages and disadvantages and also a few surprises.
My daughter started walking at 10 months old almost skipping the crawling stage which lasted all of four weeks.
Some perfectly normal children don t walk until they re 16 or 17 months old.
During her first year your baby is busy developing coordination and muscle strength in every part of her body.
Although others have been known to walk.
She ll lurch along like frankenstein as she gets used to.
Every baby reaches the walking milestone at a different time.
If you had told me years ago that my baby would start walking and then almost immediately running at 9 months old i would have laughed in your face.
Of course it also depends on how you define walking some parents will boast that their baby began walking at 9 months but they re usually talking about the kind of walking a baby does while holding onto something known as cruising.
Babies begin walking anytime between 8 and 16 months.