https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 02:29:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1176096 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:31:54 +0000 MrsF 1176096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: @TurtleDoves: And my September baby!?! </p> <p>Apparently I didn't walk until almost 18 months so... yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1176083 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:14:17 +0000 sumer08 1176083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO took his 1st steps just a few days after his 1st birthday, but he is on the cautious side, so it took him some time to get comfortable walking more than 3-4 steps at a time. Shortly after he turned 13 months, he started walking across the room to get something that he wanted, and at about 13.5 months he was walking on a regular basis. So, about 1.5 months for our LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175913 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:19:55 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1175913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I think she's ready but afraid. She's been standing unassisted for two months but as soon as she realizes what she's doing she sits down! She is an absolute pro with her walker she does it one handed mostly and can navigate around obstacles and back up with it. The only time she takes steps is when she is paying attention to something else. She does a backwards cruise along the sofa without holding on but having her backside supported. I told her it was cheating it she doesn't listen. :wink:<br /> I was so eager for her to crawl and now wish I could put her down somewhere and have her be there when I turn my back. I imagine it'll get exponentially harder with her walking. She's the type that will run instead of walk. Here we go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175893 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:55:46 +0000 birdofafeather 1175893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: i was wondering when L was going to get going! i figured she was!</p> <p>@coacheswife123: it is exciting! so crazy how fast they pick stuff up!</p> <p>@MamaMoose: interesting! i could see that! i'll keep it in mind!</p> <p>@skipra: yeah, R hasn't stood up on her own without holding on to something/someone, so i could see how that could take a while to figure out!</p> <p>@photojane: yeah, i wasn't promoting it, DH was. but now i'm excited. ha.</p> <p>@wheres_c: @TurtleDoves: you are funny! i'm kinda shocked that she did this so soon!</p> <p>@Navy_Mommy: the same thing happened with my friend's DD. she said she told DD to stand up (she was 14 months at the time) and she did and just started walking! i think my friend nearly fell over with surprise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175876 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:45:02 +0000 littlek 1175876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>B was an early walker. He started walking a few days later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175869 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:34:45 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1175869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>W never "took steps" he just up and walked... but he was over 13 months old. It was weird, lol. That morning he was crawling, within a few hours he was walking everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175783 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:55:21 +0000 hilsy85 1175783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo JUST took two steps yesterday! I am hoping since he's a bit older (12 months) he moves to walking quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175720 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:43:36 +0000 Penny Lane 1175720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>maybe a week and a half? he walked 8 steps in a row his first time, the night before his first birthday. he'd been standing along and getting up to standing without climbing on things for a good 2 or 3 months before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175692 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 01:12:21 +0000 immabeetoo 1175692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 11 months today and has been taking independent, steady steps for two weeks but still definitely prefers to cruise or crawl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175669 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:59:09 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1175669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: and my October baby!</p> <p>I really can't wait. I hope E goes from first steps to walking quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175615 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:18:37 +0000 Mrsjets 1175615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS took his first steps at 10.5 months by 11 he was always walking and by 11.5 he was running...I haven't sat since... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175584 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:36:48 +0000 SAHM0811 1175584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took about 1.5-2 weeks with both kids. They could take steps, but at the same time could crawl really fast, so they would still crawl a lot. But eventually that phased out... </p> <p>How exciting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175536 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:33:07 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1175536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple days in our case! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175535 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:32:40 +0000 wheres_c 1175535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HOW ARE THE JAN BABIES BEATING OUR DEC BABIES????</p> <p>Seriously how awesome though!<br /> B can stand about 5 seconds with no hands...not stable enough for steps yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175517 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:22:55 +0000 cascademom 1175517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was a few weeks until walking became his favorite mode of transportation. He started walking at 12 months, but got into a couple weeks later. At 14 months, he's everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175504 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:09:17 +0000 pl0508 1175504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: @birdofafeather: j has also started standing from a squat without holding anything ! The first time he did it I was like "whaaaaaaat". We are about to be running around !! :) the Jan babies need to slow it down ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175503 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:08:15 +0000 googly-eyes 1175503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a little over a month between first steps and pretty much giving up crawling and maybe another month before she stopped falling a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175502 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:07:54 +0000 pl0508 1175502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay R ! We are right there with you !! It's so exciting ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175496 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:00:37 +0000 mamabolt 1175496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She took her first steps at 11.5 months, but didn't really start walking a ton until about 5 weeks later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175487 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:57:16 +0000 photojane 1175487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I was just wondering this! Sadie's walking pretty well with her walker &amp; has decided she like standing without holding on. BUT, I'm SO not ready for her to start walking yet! STOP GROWING! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175478 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:50:48 +0000 Tidybee 1175478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A matter of days. Once she took the first 2 or 3 steps on her own, I think it was within a few days she was taking 10 steps on her own and the next day she was doing laps around our apartment. She took her first steps at 11 months....but she never crawled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175406 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:05:37 +0000 skipra 1175406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 weeks? As soon as he figured out how to stand up on his own without pulling himself up. He started taking steps at 11 months... definitely a full fledged walker before his birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175401 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:02:34 +0000 luckypenny 1175401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A week. She took her first steps at 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175397 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:00:43 +0000 MamaMoose 1175397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked this question not too long ago and it seemed like for young walkers it took about a month and for older walkers it was much quicker, usually a week. My LO took her first steps right after she turned ten months and three weeks later she was walking the large majority of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175383 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:52:56 +0000 GrapeCrush 1175383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 days.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175361 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:31:32 +0000 shinymama 1175361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's been about a month for us, and he's gone from first steps, to Frankenstein imitation, to about 90% walking. He only falls when he's excited and thinks he can walk really fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175356 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:26:36 +0000 rawrasaur 1175356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: @oliviaoblivia: oh my gosh, already?!</p> <p>A isn't there yet, but I am also curious about the responses. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175318 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:54:41 +0000 pregnantbee 1175318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe about a month? We're still at the "drunken sailor" stage, but my son is walking maybe 60% of the time now? Crawling or being worn the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175314 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:50:28 +0000 yellowbird 1175314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a long time for us! She took her first steps in late august and just started walking almost exclusively this week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-from-first-steps-to-being-a-walker#post-1175306 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:37:50 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1175306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just going to ask the same question! L has taken steps for a couple weeks now, but doesn't seem closer to walking. </p>