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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Whats earliest baby can walk?
My daughter is going crazy with standing up. She just learned 2 weeks ago how to pull up to a stand. Now she is trying to stand without help. She actually did it a few times today. She isn't even 8 months yet! Whats the earliest a baby can walk?
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Re: Whats earliest baby can walk?
It may be a while yet for you... a lot of my friends said that their kids had been pulling up and walking along furniture (cruising) for months before they started walking unassisted.
That said, my sister and her second baby both started walking at 9 months.
That's untrue. Crawling is unnecessary.
I ditto that I know a baby who walked at 7 months, though.
My son was at the same point your LO was at 7 months though in terms of standing independently/cruising. While he did take his first steps right before he turned 9 months, he wasnt a full time walker until right before he turned 12 months. So there's hope!
Someone on my birth month board has a son who started walking before 8 months old.
DD has been pulling up to stand since 6 months, but she's just started some walking this past week.
There is usually a very long interval between pulling up/standing and walking. DS1 was pulling up regularly around 7.5/8 mos. but didn't walk until 11 months.
To answer your question, the early end of walking is usually 9-10 months, but there have been babies that walk at 8!
ETA: Crawling actually is important; they need to develop their upper body and arm strength. It's strongly correlated with fine motor skills, especially things like writing later in life. Per a baby physical therapist. So don't encourage your LO to skip crawling.
This. My bff is a pediatric physical therapist. She agrees that crawling isn't "necessary" and a baby can skip right to walking. BUT there are some very important skills that are learned during the crawling stage, many of which will impact them later in life. So do they have to crawl? No, but it is still an important stage.