have you discussed this with the doctor? here in the states we have something called "early intervention", where they will do some tests on the baby to check for developmental issues. i dont know, my son has been walking since 9 months, but i dont really know what the "norm" is in terms of when they *should* be walking. i would talk to the pediatrician.

my baby girl is 14 1/2 months... smart, clever, early and normal developements have been mastered from day one! she is the happiest baby i have ever known =) and very HAPPY walking on her knees, too... she began at 11 1/2 months and now we are 3 months into this new adventure of knee walking, still holding and walking while holding onto someone and she leads the way... but very reluctant to let go and take off by herself on her two feet. she has taken 3 steps on a few occassions, but prefers her mastered skill of walking on her knees. our doctor told us this was perfectly normal since we are encouraging her to walk, she feels most confident this way, she will when she is ready and be ready because she will take off running!!!!

Hi - can you please tell me if your baby is now walking?? My daughter is 15 months and has been knee walking for 3 months. She has no desire to walk on her feet. She also a happy and energetic child. She will also walk holding my hand but has no desire to do it on her own. This is the only questionable thing she does. Please let me know what happened as I am worried.

Thanks so much!

Worried parents --

Toddlers who walk on their knees just need more encouragement. Obviously from these replies, and other ones that I have heard, all babies develop at different rates.

The important thing about your story is that she CAN walk on her feet. It isn't that she doesn't know how or she can't. There are some things that some kids like more than others, and you can use little motivators to get her walking.

Take her to a park with children playing, and long as it isn't too crowded. Not only will she see other little ones like herself running around, but the surface is not fun for bare knees. You can take her down the slide, and if she likes it a lot to do it again, you can encourage her to walk around the other side for another go. Go to the other side and have her walk to you.

You can also take her shopping and let her/him pick out some shoes that are the favorite as an additional incentive. Just be patient and keep at it: they will all learn to give up the knees sometime because it's just not fast enough!

Hi,
This is a good discussion and I found precisely, what I was looking for... my baby girl is 13 months old and she too likes to walk on her knees.She's been doing this for the past 2/3 months and when we try to make her walk, she makes few steps (holding the hand or toys) but then again starts walking with he knees and as it was mentioned in previous posts, I think she is likes to walk on her knes.We are trying to make her practice (to walk on her legs) and I think every kid have their own likes/dis-likes and takes their own sweet time for every mile-stones.The jey here is patience and even I was worried initially by seeing her walk on her knees, but now understood the fact.

-Kumar.

Wow! I'm not alone here! My daughter is 17 months old almost 18 on the 3rd. She was born 8lbs 8oz and a very healthy girl. She is tall and thick lol. She rolled over, crawled, stood up and cruised late. She too walks on her knees. I do have her with an early intervention teacher but she doesn't seem to be helping much. She said she thinks my dghtr is just cautious and will do it when she is ready. I'm getting frustrated bc she CAN walk just won't do it. She also can climb stairs. I know I have to be patient but not ONE person I know with kids had thiS issue! Not to mention her knees are getting rough and dark and her clothes are getting ruined. Her Dr. wants me to get her evaluated if she isnt walking by 18 months... Any advice?

I think if she CAN walk, that is she has proved that she CAN, then she doesn't need an evaluation. Don't worry about her knees getting rough or her clothes. You could take her to a park where there are other children playing where it is impossible to keep walking on her knees in the gravel and she will see the other children and want to keep up with them.

Hello, My daughter is 16 months and has recently started to walk on her knees. Although saying this she can walk independently on her own, she is at the wobbily stage and only walks the length of the living room before falling over. SHe will walk if we stand her up and she can even leave the sofa on her own now (if that makes sense) Because she cant stand herself up to walk on her own she will walk on her knees to the sofa pull herself up and then either walk or crawl. Its very odd how babies find their own unique way around but as long as they r moving there is absolutly nothing at all to worry about!! x

My Daughter is 11 months and started walking on knees from last 15 days...I was really worried but now i feel that it is common..but can anyone share their experience of how long it took to change the habbit from knee walking to normal walking??