Quote Originally Posted by fruitloop View Post
I have a dcg(14 months) in care who hates to walk. She can't walk on her own (which isn't the odd part), won't walk along furniture but will stand up holding on to furniture...just won't walk along it really. If you hold her hands to practice walking she has a complete fit, lifts her legs up and will just hang there until it's uncomfortable for her(which isn't very long) and then she'll put her feet down and walk while having a fit for the first little while because she's mad that she's being made/encouraged to do it ...but she only does this if I force her to do it. Before she came here about 2 months ago her parents couldn't get her to do this at all but I force her to do it because imo she SHOULD be able and want to do this. She also won't sit on a ride on toy and push with her legs and she won't use a push toy to walk either. She does crawl and she will walk on her knees but has a hissy fit when I make her use her feet when holding her hands. Is this stubbornness, laziness on her part, normal, a delay or what? I've never met/seen a child who hates using their feet and refuses to do it in my life.
Just curious but why the rush for her to walk? I say let her take he own pace and she will do it when she is ready. She sounds to me like the type of child who wants to do it all on her own. I have a little guy who didn't walk until 16 months and now he is everywhere and into everything. Be careful what you wish for. LOL

Keep being her biggest cheerleader when she does start!