At what age can a baby walk? Don't hold the baby's hand when walking

Your baby may take his first step after 9 months, and will be able to walk well around 14 months. However, don't worry if your baby starts walking late. It is normal for some children to not walk until around 17 months.

At what age can a baby walk?

Most babies take their first steps between 9 and 12 months, and are walking well by 14 or 15 months. However, some children may take longer, don't worry. Some completely normal children don't walk until 16 or 17 months. In the first year of life, your baby is busy coordinating various parts of his body and muscle strength. He will learn to sit, roll, crawl, and then stand up, and can stand on his own at about 9 months. From then on, it's a question of confidence and balance. One day your child may stand on the sofa - slowly holding on to the sofa - and then toddle into your arms. Then, you can't "hold" them. Your child's first steps are the first steps towards independence.

Don't walk with your baby

1. Your baby’s body may not be ready yet

Pediatrician Cui Yutao believes that children's "standing, walking" and other skills are not learned, but are developed naturally as they grow. Helping children to "stand" and "walk" too early will cause unnecessary damage to the spine and lower limbs. In addition, some bow legs are caused by standing too early. Parents should never take the initiative to help their children learn to stand and walk, and do not compare with each other. Every child has his or her own development process.

2. It is not conducive to the development of the baby's vestibular balance ability

When you see your baby holding onto the sofa, hesitant to take a step, in fact, his little head is thinking about how to control the balance so as not to fall, which foot to step first so as to walk more steadily... This process is the process of the baby's vestibular balance ability developing.

When the baby thinks about these questions repeatedly and practices them many times, his balance ability will be well trained, and he will walk steadily every step in the future. On the contrary, if parents are eager to help the baby walk and act as the baby's "crutch", the baby will lose many opportunities to exercise, which will make the baby's balance ability worse and more likely to fall when walking in the future.

Stages of baby learning to walk

1. In the early stage, babies can lift their heads and legs and can slowly sit up when they are 3 months old;

2. In the middle stage, when the baby is a little over 5 months old, he or she will have enough strength to turn over by himself or herself and can basically crawl slowly. At this time, the baby will need another month to stand and walk.

3. When the baby is about one year old, he can stand up and walk slowly and independently. When the baby is older, around two years old, his brain nerves will be fully developed and there will be no problem with walking and running.

Don't use walking aids

Walkers are harmful to babies! If a child sits in a walker for a long time, it is easy to cause sensory disorders. In addition, when a child sits in a walker, the weight of his whole body is on his feet, and he often walks in the shape of club feet. In the long run, it is easy to cause lower limb deformities.