she's very energatic and she hates high chairs, excer saucers, and all kinds of baby chairs. she is so independant and i need to make her walk alone. i am getting so tired carrying her around the house and sitting with her all the time! Please? advice?
2007-02-19 20:16:28 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
she will learn in her own time at own pace. let your baby b a baby. they are oly small and baby like for a little while enjoy it as in a few months you will be asking how to slow her down
2007-02-19 20:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Every child is different and carrying the baby around will not allow your daughter to exercise her leg muscles that she needs to strengthen to be able to hold herself up. It depends how she is built and maybe how much she weighed when she was born and if she is chubby or a skinny baby or had any health set backs?
I have four kids and this was their birth weight and when they started to walk.
1) My first daughter was born 8 lb 10 oz and she started crawling around 7 months old and pulled up on the furniture at 9 months old and was walking steadily at 11 months old.
2) My second daughter was born 6 lb 5-1/2 oz would not crawl but would scoot along the floor and later started pulling herself up to the furniture around 13 months, but then had an accident and broke her lower leg and was in a cast which set her back and by the time it was removed and she finally walked on her own at 17 months old.
3) My son was born 7 lb 2 oz and he would roll around to get where he wanted to go at around 7 months old then would start walking along the furniture by the time he was 9 months old and took his first steps the day after his first birthday.
4) My last child, a girl was born 8 lb 1-1/2 oz and she was crawling well by the time she was 8 months old and then by 10 months old she was holding onto the furniture as support. Then she took her first steps about 2 weeks before her first birthday.
Don't rush her it will happen, give her lots of praise and stay close by because she will be clumsy until she learns to balance herself. I would invest in some baby gates soon and baby proof the area where she will be in the most.
2007-02-19 20:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by LS 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I hate to break it to you like this, but no matter what toys you buy or how much to try to get her to walk, she'll do it when she's ready. I bought a walker, walking shoes, the push toys that help them stand alone and walk, and my daughter still didn't walk!! She didn't walk until a week after her 1st birthday. My daugher hated that stuff too, I would just put her in her room with her toys and put up the baby gate and then I would take care of what I needed to do around the house.
2007-02-20 00:28:15 · answer #3 · answered by Cocoa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son didn't walk until he was 1 year old but my daughter was walking at 10 months. I didn't carry them any where in the house. They learned to walk when they got tired of not being able to see me (But I could see them) When the time is right for them, they will walk. But like someone else said, don't carry them every where and don't want them to grow up so fast. One day you'll be yelling, "Stop running in the house!"
2007-02-19 20:33:28 · answer #4 · answered by greylady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She'll be walking before you know it. Have someone hold her up as you call to her with a favorite or new toy. Hopefully, in her excitement she won't go down on all fours to get to it. Do you let her hold on to your hands while you stand(and step) behind her and let her take steps? In this method her hands would be raised in the air over her head. Just don't force her and when she tires let her sit. Do you use a play pen at times so you won't have to carry her all the time? If she senses your frustration while she is learning this could cause a set back. Babies love applause and oohing and ahhing over them also. Make a big deal out of a few steps even when she holds on to your hands to make steps.
2007-02-19 20:26:58 · answer #5 · answered by Im Listening 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. I hope she can stand by having a support of wall or any equipment. 2. If you have a tri-cycle for children, if not you can buy it will be useful atleast for 5 more years.
3. Make her stand holding the back of the tri-cycle and you have to hold the handle looking the baby's face, with a smiling look pull the cycle slowly towards you and you can walk backwards slowly. All children will be more interested to walk in this stlyle.
2007-02-19 20:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by apnabhan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately you can't. My son didn't start walking until he was a year and then he didn't start walking with out the use of furniture until he was 14 months old....And he's 22 lbs and I'm pregnant again........You're just going to have to carry her. She'll walk when she's ready. Carrying and sitting with them is all part of parenting.
2007-02-20 00:52:47 · answer #7 · answered by kittynala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait for her to walk on her own. You think carrying her is bad just wait till you have to chase her round the place as she gets into everything.
I'm also having the problem of my son being a bit clingy but try to resist picking her up. I do and he just follows me crawling everywhere. I also don't make eye contact with him either cos thats when he starts to cry.
I also make sure to give him quality time with me. At least one hour where I just play with him. NOt watch TV or anything else.....I try to do this routinely so that he knows that when I have finished what I am doing then he will get my undivided attention.
2007-02-19 20:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
10 months is young to walk. Has she even started trying to stand yet? Even when she does start walking you will still have to carry her and sit with her, in fact when she starts walking you will have to moniter her even more closely than you do now.
Please dont try and 'make' your baby walk just because you want her to. She'll do it when she's ready.
2007-02-19 20:21:04 · answer #9 · answered by penny century 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the fact that you carry her everywhere is the problem. let her play on the floor. make sure your house is baby proof. its normal for her to get frustrated that she cant get around like she wants to, but that is GOOD. it will motivate her to try harder and improve her motor skills. you need to let her experience that frustration, and not continue to hold her all the time. the best way for her to learn is by doing. you cant MAKE her walk. its exciting when they do, but also be prepared, she will hurt herself a lot for a while. good luck!
2007-02-19 20:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
One trains a dog, not a child. She will grow and develop at her own pace. If you wanted something to train you should have gotten a dog instead of pregnant.
2007-02-21 19:31:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋