How to encourage my LO to start walking? She can walk supported but when i hold 1 side of her hand, she cant walk that well and tends to fall one side and then she will cry and be scared of walking. She is scared of the floor becos we seldom put her on the floor and crawl. Most of the time she is on soft surfaces. She always pull herself into standing position and just stand there till she fall back to sitting position. How do i encourage her to take mini steps? She is 1yo btw.

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I think just leave it to nature. Your gal is already on track so I won't worry too much. Like what you have been doing just continue to hold her hands to walk and maybe stand in front of her with your hands stretched out and encourage her to walk to you? My gal won't do that, she will go back to the crawling position and crawl towards me. I guess when they are ready they will just walk naturally. I have heard that putting them in a playpen will encourage them to try walking more as they walk from one side to the other and you won't have to worry them falling

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i tried your method but she just stand there dont dare to walk and cry. she can cruise pretty well. sometimes she will sit on walker too. think will have to let nature take its course.