Although 10 months is considered within the realms of normal it s certainly not typical.
Baby walking at 10 months.
Don t worry if your child takes a little longer though.
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.
Some perfectly normal children don t walk until they re 16 or 17 months old.
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.
Most moms i know hope their babies will be walking for their 1st birthday and often don t.
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.
Although others have been known to walk.
Every baby reaches the walking milestone at a different time.
She ll lurch along like frankenstein as she gets used to.
My son started walking at 9 months and was a full time walker at 10 months and everyone was amazed.
During her first year your baby is busy developing coordination and muscle strength in every part of her body.
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.
My daughter started walking at 10 months old almost skipping the crawling stage which lasted all of four weeks.
However your baby will likely take his first steps between 9 and 15 months.
Children at this age are pretty.
Babies begin walking anytime between 8 and 16 months.
The only thing i knew about when babies take their first steps was the story my parents always told about me which was that i didn t really walk till i was 18 months old.
Some babies begin walking even later than that.
At 10 months your baby s coordination has improved a lot.