https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:15:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1580624 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:09:18 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1580624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jodyblair: Mine is the same way! Although he's not a cautious kid at all...just stubborn. My lo likes to push random things like his stroller, wagon, or high chair, but he will not push walkers...:/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1580616 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:06:50 +0000 MamaJ 1580616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Walking while holding our hand. He was really scared to let go though. So once he took one or two steps I put something really desirable out (iPad) and he practiced walking to it by himself a bunch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1580550 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:50:14 +0000 looch 1580550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I did not. We didn't have a walker, a push toy or anything like that. I also didn't hold him up and try to walk him, for some reason my dad was all in my face about that, but my son learned to walk just fine when he was ready, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579862 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:16:25 +0000 Applesandbananas 1579862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: he's taken a few steps (two weeks ago) and nothing since :( I just thought he'd be rocking and rolling by now lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579846 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:05:57 +0000 SeptMomma12 1579846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried everything, but in the end he just had to be ready. Had very little interest and then suddenly stood up one afternoon and took off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579809 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:16:53 +0000 MrsF 1579809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pulled our ottoman further and further away from our couch and got her to take small steps between the two. M also LOVES books so I would read a page, then toss the book to DH and have her go to him to read the next page. Baby steps, as they say :). M was a late walker but now she's a champ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579804 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:13:29 +0000 Smurfette 1579804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Walker and walking holding our fingers. I really think they just do it when they are ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579776 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:50:30 +0000 jodyblair 1579776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO refuses to let me hold his hands to help him walk. Whenever I try, he picks his feet up off the ground and won't even stand up. I try to encourage him to use the push walker. He's such a cautious baby though that he won't even take more than a step with that before he drops down to crawl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579757 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:29:00 +0000 Applesandbananas 1579757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: my LO is lazy! He will do a lap or two, then plop down on his bum! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579751 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:17:30 +0000 Ra 1579751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just hold his hands and let him walk all over the house. He loves it. Sometimes we spend upwards of an hour just walking laps around the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579687 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:34:32 +0000 Applesandbananas 1579687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: he has an activity table walker that he loves pushing around, I'll encourage him to play with that more :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579682 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:30:23 +0000 chopsuey 1579682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a radio flyer walker and both kids loved pushing it. (still do). I think it really helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-to-anything-to-encourage-walking#post-1579666 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:17:00 +0000 Applesandbananas 1579666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to encourage LO! He seems so close :) </p>