How to Teach a Baby to Walk - Steps to Help Your Baby Learn to Walk (And What to Avoid)

There are numerous ways you can help your baby learn to walk. But there are also common things parents do which actually prevent a baby from learning how to walk.

In this video I cover what you can do right now to encourage your baby to walk, and maybe more importantly, what you want to avoid. These tips are very simple and easy to do. These activities will build your baby's skills and help them continue to improve until finally taking that first step.

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00:00 - 00:47 : Intro
00:48 - 01:28 : Encourage Play in Standing
01:29 - 02:05 : Encourage Standing Without Support
02:06 - 03:36 : Encourage Cruising
03:37 - 04:27 : Encourage Walking with a Baby Push Walker
04:28 - 07:17 : Encourage Walking Independently (tips and what to avoid)
07:18 - 07:53 : Don't Use a Baby Walker
07:54 - 08:20 : Don't Use an Exersaucer
08:21 - 08:55 : Don't Freak Out if Your Baby Prefers to Crawl
08:56 - 10:18 : Don't Hold Your Baby By the Hand to Walk

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[jennifersloanziegler]

Our 8 month old has decided she wants to walk. She's been pulling up, cruising, transferring between pieces of furniture, and pushing her baby walker (we put dumbbells in the front to weigh it down so she doesn't go too fast). We recently started taking her to the pool and we'll practice walking in waist-deep (for her) water. We hold her around the ribs and she walks between dad and me. I think it's really helped her become more confident. We're slowly moving to shallower water to reduce the forces on her body and to make her work harder. Yesterday was a pool day and we came home she had a bottle and went to bed and slept very soundly. lol

[AndrewHubbard]

I was right here when she hit publish and 4 of you still beat me! 😂

[vanofdawn]

My baby was able to walk about 2-3 weeks after I followed the instructions from your video. Before that, I observed she can stand firmly for few months already. That's when I thought I did sth wrong and she couldn't figure it out by her own. I must say, your videos are life saving for me from the first day till now. I really appreciate about your tips for tummy time. My wife kept preventing me from doing tummy time because "in our country, no one does that". I followed your instructions with more reading on the benefits of tummy time. I can say it helps her back muscles and neck development a lot! That can be one of the reason she can roll, sit, and stand firmly quite soon.
My baby turns 1 year old tomorrow. I know your channel will aim till 12 month only. Still, I want to express my last query. Would you mind having one video instructs how to teach the baby to drink? I'm training her but I find I do sth wrong. A research gave a lot of info, but still I would love to hear from you.

[EmmaHubbard]

Let me know what your little one is up to!

Don't forget to get your free 0 - 12 months old developmental milestone chart here:

[moeswife]

I love this lady she helped my son reach all his milestones early

[priusa]

Please talk about proper shoe wear and when to actually start using shoes for walking. Thanks again

[spookytaco]

My son will be 8 months old next Monday and he just started pulling himself up onto his knees yesterday. I'm so proud!

[sarahsakal]

This is perfect timing for my little dude! He's 9 months and has been crawling since 8mo. He figured out how to pull himself up onto furniture and has even let go of the furniture if he has a toy in his hands. He can't stand on his own for very long, but he is learning fast! Thank you for your tips! It confirms that I'm doing the right things for him, and gives me ideas for getting him to cruise furniture!

[ladybugflv]

I unknowingly followed all these tips, including the 90 degree furniture setup. Baby is taking steps all by herself a few days after 10 months, but had she not started walking, I would have patiently waited for her time, as she will have plenty of time to exercise walking in her lifetime. ;) Both grandmothers were eager to push her by making her walk by the hands, like a rag doll, I just explained that she would do it when she'd be ready. No need to rush things.

[nicoleevans]

My baby is 8 months old and we have been practicing this for a while so glad we had this video to make sure what we should keep doing!

[meseretbeyene]

I feel emotional but I was watching your vidoes since I was pregnant and now my baby is cruising at 10mo and looking forward to help her walk. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so many mums on their own struggle not knowing what to do, thank you for your massive help with your videos. God bless you and your family 🙏

[kobilovasaodat]

My little one has turned to her 9 months today we did a lot of tummy time it gave its result as she crowled and sat first around in our acquaintance peers .Nowadays she is cruising on furniture 😂 and standing on flat surfaces 🎉🎉🎉
I am going to train her as you said because she is soooo keen on standing by her own sooner

[jenniferreynolds]

Perfect timing for this video. My daughter is 7 months and is already pulling up to standing. She finally decided to try crawling yesterday, but I don't think she will be crawling for long! lol

[truptimehta]

My son is 7months old and is already started to hold the furniture and stand..its was a very appropriate timing of your vedio to guid me when my son starts to walk.
Excited to see more upcoming vedios..Thanku

[maryayeyi]

Am from Ghana I started following this woman and now my baby stands when holding something but the surprise thing is that he is 6 months and a week am very happy thank you
The crawling training went successfully within just Three weeks thanks 😀😀😀😀

[Jessssicadanielle]

Perfect timing as per usual! I know I’ve commented that before but my goodness you’re always putting out a video on a topic I need. Love it!! Thank you for this video! We are already doing a few of these things but the pivot one looks so great. I’m excited to try 😂

[carolynserra]

To anyonwhose struggling with a baby who gets frustrated if you don't hold their hands to walk. (Mine all but skipped crawling altogether so it was hard not to help him when he wanted to walk). I found putting lots of furniture and boxes they can balance on around and just help them get from box to box. It weaned mine off hand holding with tears.

[jenifermayer]

I have an 11 month old who stands to play and cruises along furniture. But whenever he goes to play on another surface he sits down and turns in that direction instead of doing it standing. He also just plops down and crawls when I try to get him to use a walker. Anything I can try to get him moving toward assisted walking?

[deborahmwape]

My baby is able to walk now all thanks to your videos…..

[LauraCroft]

I have twins so I needed walkers for them for additional help. I didn't expect them to walk so early... one started at 10 months! 🤦‍♀️