Walking

13 months is the average but remember for every kid that walks before this there is one that walks after. I think they get checked up if they aren't walking at 18 months just to make sure theres nothing wrong but lots of normal kids would walk after this.

I walked at around 16-18 months, Ben walked at 9 and Jack took his first step at 11 but was prob a good month before he was walking really well.

My nephew *just* started walking, and he is 15.5 months. Emma Rose is 14.5 months and she is standing and cruising on the furniture, but not walking on her own yet. One of my brothers walked at 8 months, the other not until 16 months, and I think I was somewhere around a year. Some kids work on their physical skills, and others work on things like verbal skills, and still others try to work on both at once, so their rates of development can really vary. You can't really compare kids when it comes to milestones like walking, because "normal" is such a personal, subjective thing dependent on so many factors.

that's interesting because I used to worry that Caitlin was standing up too early (she was pulling herself up at 6mths) and wondered if she could do damage to her ankles/knees. But in saying that I remember our Plunket Nurse telling us that the muscles develop from the top down so if she CAN stand, she was ready too or else her muscles wouldn't support her.

Doesn't seem to have done her any harm though as she's just started walking unassisted (approx 10 steps)

I find it so interesting how every single child is so different.

Tyrell crawled at 6 months and was walking round the furniture at 9 months and is now crusing along on his own more often than not.
I was walking and toilet trained at 13months....I hold out high hopes for my boy LOL

Olivia has been walking around the furniture since 10 months and took her first steps at 11months. She is nearly walking on her own.