16 months and not walking

JOEBunny

Please regale me with tales of the children you know who did not walk until 16 months or later. 

StarryNight39

Ava did not walk till closer to 17 months.

DandelionMom

All 3 of mine were around 15 and 16 months.  They just wouldn't walk and the suddenly started walking like pros, like in a day. 

CBKMRB

My nephew started at 15 months.

CleoKitty

Dd didn't cruise, walk, or anything until 16 months. Then she just started walking one day like she'd always been doing it.

true_norskie

DD1 walked just days shy of 18 months.  Didn't crawl on all fours until 12.5 months, pulled up 14.5 months, cruised 15.5 months, first steps 17 months, full-on walker all of a sudden at 18 months.

DD2 took her first steps around 15 months and walked just before 16 months.  She crawled around 11 months, I think.

DH and I were both also on the later side with walking (DH around 14/15 months, me around 18 months) so it isn't surprising.  Our pedi would have been concerned if progress stalled or if they weren't walking by 18 months.  She also would have recommended an evaluation if we had wanted it--we didn't because we weren't concerned either.

Just sucks when you have TWO summers of crawling/non-walking.  It was so hard to go outside during the summer with DD1 when she was 15/16/17 months old and not walking. 

juniper19

DD took a few steps here and there starting around 15 months.  But she didn't start walking for real until she was almost 18 months.

4Speedy

My nephew didn't walk until he was 17 months old.  He is now 10.  Yesterday he was named MVP for his little league team and he was the #1 scoring player in the league. 

Once your little guy takes off, you probably won't be able to catch him!

ridesbuttons

My niece didn't start walking until she was 18+ months old.  Maybe even nearly two.  Of course now at 18 years, you would never know she was a later walker.

debs1018

I know you may not want to hear this but, you should have Early Intervention check him out. It doesnt hurt. 16 mos is still within normal limits, but it is nearing not typical. I know you have posted about your son's FTT and  not eating, so that coupled with not walking, I would have someone look at him. He may have some underlying low muscle tone. Again sorry if it is not what you want to hear but I couldn't not say anything.

wellfleet04

Kate walked at 18 months.  Like Dande's girls, she just up and walked across the room like she'd been doing it her whole life.  Within a week she was running.  BUT, she is now three and she does have an issue that in retrospect was the cause of her delayed motor skills (sensory processing with her vestibular system).  She is still fairly delayed.  She gets around fine, but struggles with stairs, heights, fear of movement, etc.  We didn't figure that out until she was 2.5, though.

At 16 months, I had her evaluated by EI.  She would not have qualified if it was just for not walking--18 months is the outer range of normal for not walking--but she DID qualify because of the WAY she wasn't walking (the way she moved her body behind push toys, pulling up, etc).  She did PT, but it didn't really help, because, as we now know, her issue was not physical but sensory.  Once we got her into OT she has made great strides very quickly.

So....long story short, what I'm trying to say is that 16 months not walking can be and usually is very normal, or there can be something else going on.  It's more about the quality of their movement, what else they are doing besides not walking (how they crawl, cruise, pull up, etc) than just about not doing one particular thing.  I'd have your pedi and maybe a PT take a look at him.

JOEBunny

debs10/18:

I know you may not want to hear this but, you should have Early Intervention check him out. It doesnt hurt. 16 mos is still within normal limits, but it is nearing not typical. I know you have posted about your son's FTT and  not eating, so that coupled with not walking, I would have someone look at him. He may have some underlying low muscle tone. Again sorry if it is not what you want to hear but I couldn't not say anything.

I am all for getting what my little guy needs, so not opposed to EI.  I have a learning disability and an MBA, I am glad my parents got me the help that I needed to compensate and I will do the same for my kids.  My doctor will do EI at the end of 16 months.  He is going to GI next week for eval on the weight.  It is like he can tell he is going because he started eating yesterday, after weeks of nada.  

nettie

My doctor said to call her if my dd hadn't walked by 17 months.. Dd walked a couple of days after she turned 17 months..