Re: When did your kids walk?

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Kaitlin began walking at 11 months. I think it just depends on the baby.

Some babies are more adventurous than others, that's all. He will start to

walk when he's ready, don't worry. Especially since he is already

cruising...atleast you know he is able to bear weight on his feet. I know its

hard to

wait on such a big milestone, but it will come.

Freeman

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Christian is a little over 14 months now and he has been walking for a

couple of weeks maybe even a month. My first son (non cf) walked later than

Christian. He is going to take those first steps any day now!

When did your kids walk?

I am just curious... When did most of your kids start walking? is now

14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been cruising along

furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to my finger, or a

walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right down. I am just wondering

if club foot babies are late walkers or if I am just being paranoid.

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Alyssa born with bilateral clubfoot walked at 17 months... Mia with the same

walked at 21 months!

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I think that all kids walk at their own pace...some are quicker than

others. Owen started walking 2 days before his first birthday. My

first walked at 11 months, my second walked at 8½ months and third

walked at 12 months.

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, FAB 14/7

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to

my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right

down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if

I am just being paranoid.

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There is a poll on this topic, with more than 30 answers I think, in

the Polls section here..

here's the link:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/nosurgery4clubfoot/surveys?

id=778805

and Claire

(Our answer is 14 months.)

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to

my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right

down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if

I am just being paranoid.

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Hi,

My son started to walk at 14 months. He went through that supported

walking for 2 months. One small trick and he started walking.I

asked him to clap his hands. So, he removed what he was holding and

used to clap. This went on for 3 days. One day, I was holding a

mobile phone inmy hands and askedhim to clap and he was clapping, I

showed him the mobile phone..then he left what he was holding and

started walking...Then he got accustomed to that. I know the anxiety

we have..may be try this idea..

Thanks.

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on

to my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit

right down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers

or if I am just being paranoid.

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HI ,

Audrey didn't start walking until 17 months...try not to worry, will

get there!

Have a good day,

Bess

At 04:40 PM 4/13/2005, you wrote:

>I am just curious... When did most of your kids start walking? is

>now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been cruising along

>furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to my finger, or a

>walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right down. I am just

>wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if I am just being paranoid.

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My daughter Ava (non-CF) did not walk until she was 18 mos. She was

very content crawling everywhere she wanted to go. She was way ahead

of the game speech wise- but a little slow going physically. Now she

is 3 1/2 and has caught up with the rest of her peers just fine.

Everyone around me gave me a lot of grief because she wasn't walking

yet, but I knew she just had her own agenda. I never really worried

about it. She recently startd taking gynastics and loves every

minute of it.

I have a feeling that my 8 mos old daughter will be slow to walk

too. She just will not put any weight on her legs to stand up. Ava

was the same way. Only time will tell...

Jen mom of:

Ava 1/18/02

Addie 8/2/04 BCF(Dobbs Brace 23/7)

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In our experience, after treatment with the Ponseti method, our son

(now 6 years old) walks as normally as our other 5 children.

Also, with use of the Ponseti method, having had clubfoot does not

seem to affect when the children begin walking.

, our son with bilateral clubfoot, is the youngest of 6

children. My wife had kept a detailed baby firsts calendar of all 6

children and we used it to compare 's baby firsts to our prior

5 children. was first to roll over both directions, but we

disqualified him because it was FAB/DBB assisted. In all other

areas, he was never the earliest or latest of our other children in

sitting up, crawling, going up steps, standing, walking etc. Our

son began walking at 13 months. Our other 5 children began

walking at different times between 11 and 16 months.

A picture of standing at 14 months of age can be seen at

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/egbert.html

As far as walking, all children begin walking a different times.

There had been a discussion and poll taken at the Ponseti method

parents support web site on when our children first walked and the

poll results seemed within the range ages that would be expected.

The poll results (with 50 responses) were as follows: These were the

poll results as of the closing of the poll which was sometime after

July 2002.

Before 12 months 9 18.00%

12 months 8 16.00%

13 months 12 24.00%

14 months 8 16.00%

15 months 2 4.00%

16 months 2 4.00%

17 months 3 6.00%

18 months 2 4.00%

19 months 1 2.00%

20 months or more 3 6.00%

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nosurgery4clubfoot/surveys?id=778805

A developmental web site at Emory University in Atlanta gives their

lists of typical developmental time frames at

http://www.emory.edu/PEDS/NEONATOLOGY/DCP/mileston.htm

They say that 13 to 18 months is a broad guideline of when children

should " walk alone with heels flat on the floor " .

and (3-17-99)

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on

to my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit

right down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers

or if I am just being paranoid.

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was indeed a " late " walker at 17 1/2 months. We were told that

clubfoot babies don't necessarily walk later than other children but

in our case, did. Her sister (non clubfoot) walked by herself

much earlier, 12 months, so I do think was later because of her

situation. However, she was still in the shoes quite a bit by the

time she should have been starting to cruise and pull up so in our

case, everything was just a little delayed having started the Ponseti

method at 5 months instead of birth.

I will tell you, once she " realized " she could walk, she went

straight to running, it was amazing, she didn't miss a beat after

that!

Holly and (2-11-00 5 years old now)

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to

my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right

down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if

I am just being paranoid.

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> Livi is not yet walking - she's 13 months today. She has been

cruising along furniture since 7 months. I think that because her

feet weren't fully corrected it has slowed her down - she couldn't

get her heels on the floor.

She's in casts now from a 2nd tenotomy, and I have a feeling that

shortly after they come off to uncover her perfect feet, she'll be

walking in no time!

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf

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> down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or

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My daughter is just shy of 16months and is still not walking. she

does fine holding on to furniture or someones hand but i guess she

is not ready to let go yet. i asked dr.ponseti about this and her

ped and both agreed not to worry till 18months.

she got a late start with the ponseti method (at 12months) and that

delayed her in my opinion. i guess they will do it when they are

good and ready, believe me i get impatient also my son not club foot

walked at 10 months so i am more than ready for her to walk.

MIchelle and

BL CF 12/16/03

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> I am just curious... When did most of your kids start walking?

is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on

to my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit

right down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers

or if I am just being paranoid.

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My Jakob (who coincidentally was born 2-9-98) didn't walk by himself

until he was 19 months old. He could cruise, walk holding our finger,

or with a push toy for many months before he took off. I think Jakob

was around 16 months when my husband and I would sit on the floor and

help him " walk " between us. When he took off truly walking, he let go

of my finger walking in a store and was having a great time hiding in

the racks of clothes.

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been cruising

along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to my

finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right down.

I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if I am

just being paranoid.

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My son is 17 months and also doesn't walk yet. His ped. recommended

physical therapy and we have been doing that for two weeks now. The

P.T. says his calves are weak due to being in casts and the brace

full time. He didn't start the Ponseti method until 10 months, so he

was in the dbb full time until he was 15 months. You might want to

try physical therapy.

and 11/10/03 dbb 16/7

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> is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

> cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on

> to my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit

> right down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late

walkers

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you know i had thought about P.T. but when i talked to dr. ponseti

on the phone in february he said her feet looked good and not to

worry. he did say that the casting and brace was the reason for her

delayed walking but assured me she was fine and to give it until she

is 18months.

as for her ped he basically told me the same thing, although he did

say to practice alot with her and try to walk her as much as

possible. but the same thing he did not seem concerned either. im

sure she is fine its just me that gets impatient at times.

after her last set of casts were removed i did notice her legs

pretty weak but now that she is out of her brace more and crawling,

standing and cruising her leg seem a lot stronger. maybe she will

surprise me soon!

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BL CF 12/16/03

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--- Tichauer ntichauer@...> wrote:

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> I am just curious... When did most of your kids start walking? is now

> 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been cruising along

> furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to my finger, or a

> walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right down. I am just wondering

> if club foot babies are late walkers or if I am just being paranoid.

Rose decided to walk at 13 months. I didn't think she was a late walker

because it was definitely in the range of normal. But if she hadn't been my

first, I think I would have thought she was late! Her siblings both took off

walking at 9 months. Personally, I think Rose was the normal one, and they

walked too early. LOL

Joy

http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

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allison...

hopefully i won't have the sunscreen issue too... i had skin cancer and have a

very large and long scar above my eye from it... so i am a little over-concerned

and paranoid with the sun block i think... but that doesn't help if she gets

gang-green (sp) on her foot!!!

mommy to Grace 12-03-03 BCF Dobb's Brace 16/7

jagrindon jagrindon@...> wrote:

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Not to worry, I forgot to put sunscreen on Sammy last weekend when we

were outside. He was all rosy that night and the next day. I'm so

lucky we were in the shade most of the day so he didn't get really

burned. I think everyone has their " unfit " moments!

love, lisa

before i made you in the womb, i knew you... love God.

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He will do it on his own before you know it, then watch out. Zoe

took her first step on her own at one year and one week old, but

realldy didn't take off for a few more weeks. I really think each

baby is so different, even in the same family.

Louisa

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to

my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right

down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if

I am just being paranoid.

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started walking at 1 year and 4 months. He could stand by

himself and walk holding onto things, and crawled almost faster than I

could run (!), but he seemed to want to gain his confidence in balancing

before he would 'let go'. We noticed that when he started walking it

was like he had always walked, he progressed very quickly. I don't think

that he walked later because of his clubfoot (and we were told the same

by Dr Ponseti). He crawled from 8.5 months and seemed to be happy to

stay like that until he was really comfortable with walking. We were

told by the paediatrician that the longer he crawled the better for his

muscle tone and coordination. He'll be walking before you know it and

then you won't get a minute's rest!

Moss

Steps Charity

www.steps.org.za

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is now 14 months and not yet walking on his own. He has been

cruising along furniture now for 4 months and will walk holding on to

my finger, or a walker... but if he lets go he will just sit right

down. I am just wondering if club foot babies are late walkers or if

I am just being paranoid.

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