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preparing before your baby walks |
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by franni  (January 2007) (rank 252nd) |
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this might come easy to some babys, they normally start walking before there first birthday or just after.
my daughter didnt walk untill she was 15 months old.
here are some tips on how to prepare your child and your house before they start walking:
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stop your bubs getting hurt, make sure all the sharp corners had corner protectors on them i remember when lillian fell and hit her head on the coffee table, i felt so bad she got a massive bruise. make sure stairs are outta reach , they do crawl up. my sister has styairs in her house leading from the lounge room, we were sitting having a cuppa when i noticed lillian crawling up the stairs, one second she was next to me the next she was up them stairs. so my sister go a gate and we ended up putting that up.
- walkers are fantastic ideas for helping baby to walk, although my daughter always seemed to want to get out she never really got the gift of the walker, we put her in it and he feet would reach the floor but she just didnt want to move her legs. they can be dangerous and cause injurys. one day she got out and it fell to the side and her hand was jammed underneath the walker.
- i found that she always seemed to stand up properly, and make steps, when she had no shoes on, when she did have them on she would get a bit clumsy. i think its strange, its great that you have baby shoes out there for pre walkers, but when there trying to walk wouldnt you take there shoes of them. now i see a lot of mums trying to get there child to walk with shoes on. especially at play group.
- i found that toys that entise her to walk worked the best to get her to walk. we got her a pusher and she was pushing it around the house in no time. so i would recomand them pushers.
- enjoy the process. i used to say i cant wait till she walks, when is she going to walk.. she finally did but instead of walking she runs everywhere, so make sure you enjoy the time when they are just crawling, they learn so fast.
Lexi xxx
