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Mommy Talk
Do walkers hinder walking?
Posted by:
mlaehr on
May 9, 2008 at
6:21PM CST
Last week we celebrated my daughter's first birthday. We had a big family party, everyone clapped as she smooshed cake from tip to toe and aawwwhhed when she hugged the baby doll my sister gave her for a present. Now that the party is over, it's time for her to walk. Or so it seems. Just about everyone I talk to wants to know if she's walking yet. Obviously the answer is no, or I wouldn't be so defensive about it. My baby walks around the furniture, even from the ottoman to the couch. But she refuses to let me hold her hands and walk. She sits down or hangs there with her legs bent if I even attempt to try it. Both my boys, now 4 and 6, started walking later than usual - around 15 months for both. But I always assumed it was because of other circumstances. My oldest had surgery on one of his feet at 6 months old and spent several months in a cast. The younger has a medical condition that impedes his growth, so his physical development all around was slow until he started medications around 12 months old. There's nothing holding my daughter back. And yet, she's showing no signs of wanting to walk. I understand that all children develop differently, and that a lot of kids don't start walking on their first birthday. But many do. It made me wonder if there was something we were doing that delayed our children's walking. We encouraged them to crawl and let them explore. We don't hold them constantly. We use a walker in an effort to get them to strengthen their legs. I'm starting to wonder if the walker is part of the issue. I've heard from some folks that walkers hinder walking. I always thought they allowed kids to get the movements of walking down pat, kind of like a test drive. Am I wrong? Could the walker my daughter uses be delaying her walking on her own?
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