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Walking is one of the most important milestone for a baby. Your child would have most likely taken the first steps between the ninth and fifteenth month. Once your child passes this big milestone, your next major challenge is to get your kid to walk. Many toddlers, despite having mastered the art of walking, running and jumping, still prefer to be carried around by their parents. Sounds familiar and frustrating? Well, it is. Read on.
Once a child learns how to walk, most parents want to enjoy it. But the struggle starts when all of a sudden your child refuses to walk when you want him to, though he would circle around you a dozen times a day. While you might think your child is just being lazy or defiant, this might not be true. Broadly, toddlers refuse to walk because:
In some rare cases, your child might be developmentally incapable of walking. If you suspect any physical reasons for their reluctance to walk, please talk to your child’s pediatrician. As you can see a toddler has to give up on a lot when he walks, so you have to make walking interesting and enjoyable for him. Once you rule out any physical problems, the following tips might be able to help.
Clearly, your toddler’s insistence on being carried around can be both frustrating and tiring. Frustrating, because you cannot get much done with the child on your hips. Tiring, because, well your toddler is bigger and heavier now! Here are few tips you can try to encourage your child to walk:
Are there any other tricks that you have tried? Please share with us!
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