Victoria’s Walking Progress
At 13 months Victoria still wasn’t putting weight on her feet, so we called in an expert. At 14 months nothing had changed and he agreed she needed therapy.
The very next day she pulled herself up on her feet, climbed the stairs, and even went down the single step to the family room. After a week she was cruising (walking while leaning on things). We cancelled the therapy.
I know we could have gotten it anyway, but with Avery we know just how much the people who need it need it, and it didn’t seem right getting social services we don’t actually need even if it was perfectly fine legally.
We are coming up on 15 months and she still isn’t beyond cruising, but she has become more interested in other activities and may have stopped trying to progress.
To encourage her, while we were at my parents house and she was cruising along their couch, I handed her my keys, which she loves to play with. She continued to cruise one-handed, so I offered her my cell phone, which she also found fascinating.
She stood there for a moment with both hands full, and looked back and forth in a panic unable to decide what to do as she slowly tilted further and further back before finally tumbling to the floor.
At least now she knows the reason to walk.