Walking for 1 day and then stop?!?!?!

CaliJenny

DS decided to walk last thurs for the first time ever.  He stood up in the middle of the room and just walked to the other side of the room like he'd been walking his whole life.  He did this about 10 times on Thurs night.  Since then, nothing! 

Anyone else's LO do this?  We're a week away from getting a referral from the pedi if he wasn't walking to make sure everything is ok.  Should I still get the referral? or count this as walking and wait for him to do it again? 

Caroline&Stephen

Maybe his little muscles are sore?  When my DD started pulling up she did it all one day & then nothing for awhile.  Sounds normal to me.

Laurie12820

DD did the same thing.  She will walk now only if she is holding someones hand or an object.  Last Thursday she was walking around alone....

soontobe05

Sounds like Thursday was the day to do it! My DD took two small steps Weds night, but Thursday was walking a lot. She's barely done it since. She's probably done it like five times and only a few steps at a time. I figure it proves she knows how to do it and when she's ready, she will. 

fluffybuns

DD was the same way, she would take 5-8 steps and be so proud of her self when she was about 11 months old, and then she stopped for almost a month. When she was 12 months old she started up again, and there was no stoppin her!! I think she was scared a little bit still, she was able to walk, but just didn't want to just yet.

Lesley0228

DD took her first steps (maxing at 4 or 5) on 7/2 and then would not take a single independent step again for a week. She would cruise and walk with our hand, but if we tried to make her stand alone she became "spaghetti legs." No amount of proding could encourage her to try it again. Exactly one week later, she took a few more steps and has been continuing to work on it and improve since then. So from my experience, a lot could change over the next week.

kellyncsu

DS did the same thing, totally normal.  What's important is that he proved he CAN walk.  DS walked about 12 months like that for the first time and then we think he must have freaked himself out because he then REFUSED to walk for about a month until 13 months...and then he took off.