Dang! I have lazy boys!

pea-kay

Ha ha! Looks like I have some pretty late walkers. But they were premature, so maybe not. I haven't tried walking with them while holding my hands, maybe I'll see how well they do with that. Hmm.

Will my life get easier when they start walking? Maybe I've been scared of this for nothing!

brightning

When DD started cruising on furniture, we bought her the FP lion walker thing. I swear that's why she learned to walk when she did. She walked on it all day long until she started walking on her own. It was money well spent (though she's barely touched it since and I'm actually packing it away this weekend).

My life got a little easier when DD started walking. She was slower for a while, which was nice. And when she crawled (she "army" crawled almost the whole time) she would get horrible dry patches on her forearms and the tops of her feet, even with clothing on. And when we went places, it was nice that DD could walk because I could stand her up instead of having to hold her the whole time. 

Grocery shopping, on the other hand, is now an aerobic exercise because she doesn't like being contained in the cart!

jessica1080

I just replied to your post below!  My DD seems to be late too and I was a little concerned until I realized there are 4 other babies her age in her class at daycare (turned 1 yo in November) and none of them are walking either.  That made me feel better.  Plus, like yours DD was premature (7 weeks). 

jessica1080

brightning...we have a push toy like you are describing as well and my DD walks ALL over the place with it and absolutely LOVES it.  However, she is still not walking on her own.  Oh well, I guess she will when she is ready.

pea-kay - I would highly recommend one for your boys.  Not really to make them walk faster, but just because all 1 yo's that I know LOVE them!

pea-kay

jessica1080:

brightning...we have a push toy like you are describing as well and my DD walks ALL over the place with it and absolutely LOVES it.  However, she is still not walking on her own.  Oh well, I guess she will when she is ready.

pea-kay - I would highly recommend one for your boys.  Not really to make them walk faster, but just because all 1 yo's that I know LOVE them!

 ooooh oooh! we GOT one! someone gave them that as a birthday gift! that's it, i'm putting it together TONIGHT! 

mommyof4boys

As a MOM, no your life won't get much easier.  You will have 3 babies that can RUN in opposite directions   However, them walking will make transporting them easier.  I would have Jon walk while I carried Matthew when they were in daycare.  Joshua walked at 10 months, Jonathan walked the day before his first birthday, Matthew walked at almost 18 months and Christopher has been talking steps since he was 12 months but last weekend started taking off and walking everywhere.  He will be 15 months on Saturday.

soontobecapek

we have the lion too, Aiden loves it!! he pushes it both ways lol (from the handle and then he stands in front of it and holds on to it's ears)

pea-kay

mommyof4boys:

As a MOM, no your life won't get much easier.  You will have 3 babies that can RUN in opposite directions    

let's not go there... ha ha! that's why i'm scared. it's hard enough when they crawl in three directions! but the transportation issues, that's what i'm hoping will be easier.

JoannandNicholasWedding

We have the FP Stride to Ride Lion thing and our son LOVES it.

 

They'll pick it up. Then, you'll be chasing after 3 boys.

amygdala

OMG...do NOT get the FP lion!! ?Get a ride-on/push car instead. ?The lion is SO annoying b/c it is EITHER a push toy OR a ride on, not both simultaneously. ?Dd melted down so many times b/c she tried to ride on it when the seat was up, or wanted to push it when the seat was down. ?Then she either wouldn't let me adjust it or got even angrier when I did, b/c then she wanted to do the other thing. ?GRRRRR...I hated that thing! ?Mine STILL love to ride & push their cars, but the lion hasn't been touched in months. ?Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

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pea-kay

amygdala:

OMG...do NOT get the FP lion!!  Get a ride-on/push car instead.  The lion is SO annoying b/c it is EITHER a push toy OR a ride on, not both simultaneously.  Dd melted down so many times b/c she tried to ride on it when the seat was up, or wanted to push it when the seat was down.  Then she either wouldn't let me adjust it or got even angrier when I did, b/c then she wanted to do the other thing.  GRRRRR...I hated that thing!  Mine STILL love to ride & push their cars, but the lion hasn't been touched in months.  Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

 

oooh, well, i think maybe we'll be okay because we ALSO got three ride-on/push toys like you posted.