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My oldest just does things her own way (she’s 6 now). She did not walk until 18m (not interested) and then she walked like she’d been doing it since 12m ... no drunken sailor like when littler kids learn. She also did the scoot crawl so she was already a little different. We did do an EI eval, as it happened she had just started walking then, but they said she wouldn’t have qualified anyway since that was her only issue. Anyway ever since she was totally on track physically. So kids just have their own way sometimes!

My friend recently had her daughter evaluated by a PT because she wasn’t walking at 16 mo. The therapist said it’s common for girls (especially if they were breech) to have weak hips. It can be improved with exercise but usually it just takes time. She said the weaker hip stabilizers just make them less sturdy which kind of fits with the stuff you say you’re seeing. My friend chose to wait it out and not do PT and her daughter was walking a month later

@IRunForFun: my little one didn’t start walking till 16 months. The doctor wasn’t worried but it stressed me out. Like yours he hit other milestones early and I thought he would walk a lot earlier than that. He wasn’t a stable walker at first either. His falling worried but a few months into it he was fine and running all over the place not falling.

DS1 didn't start walking until 17 months. We did start EI services shortly after he turned 1. But, he was on the late side of all of his gross motor milestones and while he was great at scooting on his butt he wouldn't crawl, pull himself to stand, cruise or even sit up on his own in his grib. But once he started walking he just did it, he didn't fall down much or wobble. Now that he's three I realize that this is probably just part of his personality. He is very timid when it comes to things that are physical (he's not a climber or jumper, very hesitant at playgrounds, etc). I think he just didn't want to walk until he knew he could do it without falling. That being said, I really loved our PT and if nothing else she provided me with the peace of mind that he was fine. The worst part about a late walker is people always asking if he was walking yet!

I didn’t have a late walker (13 months and 12 months), but I didn’t walk until 16 months and then went on to run competitively in college 🤷‍♀️

My daughter is 17 months and started walking at 16 months (she’s now running!). I went to her 15 month appointment concerned she wasn’t walking and my pediatrician told me we were the 5th 15 month appointment she had that day with the child not walking yet. She also told me that she didn’t personally walk until 17 months and urged me to chill out. Of course she was walking a few weeks later... I’d try to give it more time.

My oldest didn't walk until 20 months, she literally took her first solo steps 5 days before her sister was born. She was really late to pull up or cruise too. We had her evaluated by PT a couple times and there was nothing physically wrong, she just didn't want to do it yet. She was a butt scooter and got around so fast that way so she never crawled and we really had to work with her to get her walking. But she was the same as others said...walking perfectly and fulltime within days of her first steps.

My little boy was nearly 3 before he walked. Bum shuffled from about 16 months. With this said he did have issues with tone and hypermobility. Flying around now. He's 3.5 now. My little girl was 16 months when she walked. She's 4.5 now. I learned that kids will do things on there own schedule, if they are happy healthy and you have no other worries I wouldn't be too concerned.

My LO started early intervention services at 4 months. He was walking by 21 months. But he does have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, and that makes it harder for him to meet motor and speech milestones.

My LO walked at 15 months, 28 days. We had to set up an early intervention appointment at 16 months if he wasn't walking He was generally behind on gross motor skills (couldn't crawl until 22 months, didn't pull up until 18...). He's now 26 months and you'd never tell he was behind. He's completely on track.

My daughter didn’t crawl until 13 months and didn’t walk until 17 months. She just had no desire to even try.

But the first time she walked, my husband and I were grabbing something in the kitchen while she was in the living room. Suddenly she was in the kitchen with us. And she walked perfectly from then on out. I think we suffered less bumps and bruises because she was pretty steady by the time she decided she was ready to walk.

My kids weren't late walkers, but both of them could walk before they ever tried to stand without pulling up. Walking comes first in my experience.

Also, side note, this random older lady at a restaurant asked if F was walking when he was barely nine months at the time. I said no, and she said her grandchild was walking at six months... OK. 🙄

@IRunForFun: our late walker loves that pose, too!

My DD is 19 months and we all know she can walk, but she chooses to walk on her knees instead. She's really quite good and can move fast. Her pediatrician said he doesn't see something preventing her from walking, but I'm still setting a date for an evaluation with a PT.

@IRunForFun: awww, so cute!

DD bum-scooted until she was 16 months, unless someone held her by both hands. Then she'd walk pretty well. She did start PT at 14 months or so, but I don't think she had any problem other than being stubborn. And having a big brother who she knew would bowl her over if she stood up. Funny, but she didn't start trying to walk on her own until she took a big tumble off a bed - maybe it made her less scared of small trips and falls somehow...

My son didn't crawl until almost 1 year, he didn't walk until 18.5 months.

At no point was my doctor worried enough to recommend intervention.