How long between pulling up and walking

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Canada Germany India UK. If held securely, he may even take a few wobbly steps on the floor. But most babies won't be able to support their entire weight, standing on flat feet, until 10 or 11 months.

Once they can, they soon learn to pull themselves up, hand over hand, to a standing position, using a nearby support. The age for first steps varies wildly-anywhere from 9 to 18 months is normal. You don't need to encourage your baby to stand. She'll use any stationary object-furniture, the bars of a crib or playpen, even your leg-to pull herself up. But remove, bolt down, or make inaccessible any lightweight or unstable pieces of furniture, such as bookcases, lamps, and tables, so she doesn't bring them down on her head when trying to pull herself up.

Keep an eye on your baby to protect him from falls - his little hands will be so busy holding on that he won't be able to use them to break his fall, and too many painful topples will discourage him. Don't be concerned if he takes a few tumbles, however-they're inevitable at this age. As the leading platform for native advertising and content recommendation, Revcontent uses interest based targeting to select content that we think will be of particular interest to you.

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My niece started walking around months so you never know! I was actually wondering about this too, but I think it's probably individual for each baby. My LO started crawling AND standing last week, and is now very efficiently pulling up on things and standing for a minute or two at a time Join now to personalize.

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