When Your Baby Walks For The First Time

The baby's first step is always a big event in a family. The day the baby first walks will be written by Mom in the baby book and will form part of the baby's recorded history along with other historical highlights. Some parents look into the baby's first walk with mixed emotions because it signals the start of a different set of problems in taking care of the child.

For some reason, everyone seems to think that a baby should be walking by his first birthday, but the fact is that most babies don't walk until after this time. There are babies who walk when they are only nine months old, while late bloomers wouldn't be walking until they are fifteen months old. Parents should put a stop to the thinking that the age the child walks is an indication of his intelligence level.

Genes has a lot more to do with the baby's walking. A family may be known as either early or late walkers. So, if a baby walks at 15 months, a look into the family history will show that as the normal walking age among the earlier generations.

The time when a baby walks will to some extent be influenced by his physical structure. For example, a baby with short legs will have an easier time balancing himself so will learn to walk earlier, and a baby who is of average build will walk earlier because he will have less weight to carry than a chubbier baby.

Don't get your impatience get the better of you and push your baby to walk prematurely for you will get better results if you give him encouragement. Forcing the child to walk when he is not physically ready may even scare him and result in an opposite effect. On the other hand, if you keep him in swing or playpen all day, he'll never have the opportunity to try out his skills. Let him roam freely on the floor under your watchful eyes and let him experiment with walking at his own volition.

If, by chance, your child is not walking by the age of eighteen months, it is best to have him checked out by a doctor. Going to the doctor however is only a precautionary measure because the child may just be naturally delayed in learning to walk. You need not be too impatient either, because it will be a different ball game when the child learns to walk. The paradox is that you should keep on encouraging your baby to walk and talk when they are less than two years old, and then spend all your time wishing why they just can't keep quiet and stay in one place. Life really is not fair.

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