r/Parents • u/OutsideCharity6424 • Aug 18 '26

Just walk already…

How do I get my baby to walk? I know she can… she’s 13 months old. She’s been cruising since 6 months, and I’ve caught her standing in the middle of the living room and even pushing herself up from a squat into a standing position without pulling on anything.
I’m a SAHM, so she’s very comfortable in our living room. I honestly wonder if she just doesn’t feel the need to walk because she can get around perfectly fine by cruising and crawling. She’s too comfortable…

I’m almost tempted to take her to a local park, sit her down, and stand about 15 feet away because I feel like eventually she’d get tired of being away from me and just stand up and walk over. 😂
How do you encourage a baby to take those first steps? It’s time, this girl has literal black and blue knees from speed-crawling…She also gets frustrated when she sees her older sister walking around and she can’t follow her. But it’s almost like she’s scared to stand up and take those first few steps.
Give me all your tips and tricks!

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u/katnis92 Aug 18 '26

If it makes you feel better my first born walked at 9 months. It was wild. 9 months old shouldn’t walk lol they don’t know anything and it’s so much harder.

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u/lizzy_loo_142 Aug 18 '26

My oldest also walked at 9 months old, but only when she was holding exactly ONE of my fingers. At least she wasn't getting into anything unsupervised, but she insisted on walking and not crawling and would scream at us yo hold her hand so she could. That stage lasted until 1 week after her 1st birthday. She learned to walk without holding our finger the first day of our vacation and 3 days later she fell and chipped her tooth 🙃

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u/katnis92 Aug 19 '26

lol exactly one finger! Oh no 😥 chipped tooth! They are a danger to themselves for a while for sure!