Just One More Step

So of all the firsts that little ones do, for me, I think learning to walk unaided has got to be one of the most exciting. I like my kids to be on the move.

Now Elise, Freya and Gracie all did things at the exact same time, learning to roll 4 months, learning to crawl 7 months, learning to stand up and cruise 8 months and they were all walking unaided by the age of 10 months.

My little monkey Layla wants to be different, you know she wants to stand out from the crowd!! She rolled at 4 months and that's when she decided to switch it up. She didn't start crawling until she was 9 months old, she had been teasing us on and off since she turned 7 months old, rocking on all fours, cheeky.

However as soon as she learnt to crawl there seemed to be no stopping her, she immediately started pulling herself up and walking around the furniture, I was sure she would be walking soon but of course she had to prove mummy wrong.

One week before her first birthday, we were on our holiday in Ibiza when she did it, she took her first step, we managed to coax her into taking three whole baby steps and that was it.

Since we've come back she hasn't done it again, as you can see from the picture below, she just stands there teasing me, look mum no hands!!!

Although she has added a new trick to her repertoire, the bounce.

When did your children learn to walk?? Which of their first had you most excited??

xxxx