How long before full on walking?

[winecheery]

Ballpark please!

DD is able to take 3-4 steps now!  Really, the first three are the best, most balanced ones.  Genuine steps, I guess.  She kinds run/falls the last one lol  But so, from this point…how long before full-fledged walking around would you guess??  I want to know how many days I have left!  

Also, I guess this is a good time to research shoes.  She can still easily fit into 3-6 month sized shoes from baby gap.  We have one pair with  a hard sole.  Do they make "real" shoes that tiny?? TIA!

[Brie]

For C it was 2-3 months. But he also had recurrent ear infections that messed with his balance.

[gibbinator]

How old?
Ds took his first steps at 11 months and within a couple weeks was quite stable. That said, he was falling over all the time, quite often just keeling over straight backwards onto his head, until 15 months. We pretty much spent 4 months hunch backed holding his hands while he ran around the house. So I recommend walking wings if it looks like she's going to be awhile!

[ilikedonuts]

DD1 was full on walking within like 2 weeks.

Also, stick with soft sole shoes for a long time and only when you can't do bare feet. hard soles are going to make walking harder for her because they don't allow them to grip with their toes.

Robeez makes a 0-6 months. Target has a soft sole brand as well.

[winecheery]

Jul 23, 2014 18:57:22 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

How old?
Ds took his first steps at 11 months and within a couple weeks was quite stable. That said, he was falling over all the time, quite often just keeling over straight backwards onto his head, until 15 months. We pretty much spent 4 months hunch backed holding his hands while he ran around the house. So I recommend walking wings!

She's 10 and a half months ish.  She's been able to take an unassisted step for a few weeks now but she was scared.  She's getting more daring now!  Just sort of…charges ahead…sometimes it's successful :^)

[winecheery]

Jul 23, 2014 18:57:22 GMT -5 gibbinator said:

How old?
Ds took his first steps at 11 months and within a couple weeks was quite stable. That said, he was falling over all the time, quite often just keeling over straight backwards onto his head, until 15 months. We pretty much spent 4 months hunch backed holding his hands while he ran around the house. So I recommend walking wings if it looks like she's going to be awhile!

I had to google this…I was too embarrassed to ask if it was a joke.  This is genius! lol

[gogadgetgo]

Two weeks at 14 months. He had been cruising for ages so he had the strength but needed the confidence to take the steps.

He wears ministars (target robeez) or another pair of softer soled shoes from target (size 2).

[scribellesam]

I think it was 4-6 weeks before he really got the hang of it.

[winecheery]

Sounds like I have more time then I thought! Thanks everyone! And thnx for the shoe recs!

[spanikopita]

It took longer than I expected with DS, probably 6 weeks.

[ryry]

3 weeks for DD2. She took her first couple of steps on July 1, and she's officially walking as of Monday-so almost exactly 3 weeks. She'll be one on Friday.

Dd2 was similar, although she started really walking a tad earlier-11.5 months.

[penguingrrl]

It really depends on the kid. My first took a few weeks from first steps to full walking, my second did it in under a week and my third dragged the process on for a good 6 weeks. And they were all at different ages (11 months for the first, 9 for the second, 9-10.5 for the third).

[lolo]

2-4 weeks.

[bunch]

First steps
2 weeks
Walking half of the time
2 weeks
No more crawling

Dd1 was about the same, if not a little faster, but she was a few weeks older.

[jenn248]

Jul 23, 2014 18:58:11 GMT -5 @this said:

About a month from first steps to no more crawling.

Same.

[ladygrey]

About 2 weeks at 10.5 months

[greycat]

DS started walking at 11 mo and within a week was pretty much done with crawling. My niece was about the same (but walked at 10 mo). My nephew took a month or so to really start walking (he cruised for a long time before he walked).

[KKD]

Both of my girls went from taking steps to walking within days, but it's taken DS a month from his first steps to get to walking. My mom claims his feet are smaller than the girls' were. lol.

[babyrn]

Probably about 2 months between the first steps and full out walking.

[Marmee]

DD1 took her first steps at about 8pm, the next day she was walking & falling all day...but about 5pm she had it down. The next day she walked exclusively....so ~24hours. She was 11mo on the dot.

DD2 took maybe 3 days. She was 13mo when she walked exclusively.

DD3 took longer...a couple weeks probably. She was 15mo by the time she was walking.

DD4 also took a couple weeks. She was 14mo when she walked exclusively.

[mandapanda18]

Jul 23, 2014 18:53:22 GMT -5 winecheery said:

Ballpark please!

DD is able to take 3-4 steps now!  Really, the first three are the best, most balanced ones.  Genuine steps, I guess.  She kinds run/falls the last one lol  But so, from this point…how long before full-fledged walking around would you guess??  I want to know how many days I have left!  

Also, I guess this is a good time to research shoes.  She can still easily fit into 3-6 month sized shoes from baby gap.  We have one pair with  a hard sole.  Do they make "real" shoes that tiny?? TIA!

Go get her fitted for shoes at stride right, they are $40ish for sandals, but once fitted you can either buy them there or go back and buy online (amazon). I bought one pair there and another online. They are supportive, have toe coverage and very flexible soles.

C went from 3-4 wobbly steps to full running in about 10 days!

[docholly]

ODS took a few weeks to fully walk after starting to take steps. With YDS, it was a few days. Look out! . I agree stride rite are the best for that age. It is best to get them fitted too. I would have never guessed YDS needed wides from eye balling and ordering online.

[thecatinthehat]

DS took about 2-3 weeks from 1-2 steps to full-on walking. He loves to crawl and because he falls often, I think crawling seems better. So there were days here and there within those 2-3 weeks where he seemed like he's given up kwim? Then would progressively walk more, and eventually he went from 3-4 steps to full-on walking.