She doe cruie a little. Holding the ofa
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She doe cruie a little. Holding the ofa cuhion he take two ideway tep, then it hard and laugh. She doe not cruie the coffee table — he jut tand and bounce if we hold both hand. No fever. Still eating rice cereal and a few oft bit with her finger, not a poon. Sound like ba and mmm, not a clear mama. Grandma already bought the hard hoe and unfolded the walker in the hallway. She want ten minute in it before bath o Thurday the doctor ee her tanding like a big girl. I can hide them, but I need a entence that i not a fight, and one thing to do on the mat tonight intead. Doe the two-tep cruie change Thurday, or i it till watch until the viit? Do not mention the other kid.
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Let me alo pull the 12-month card o the cruiing row ha a frame.
**The cruie doen't change Thurday — the viit i till the creening moment, and the itting obervation till need raiing.** Two ideway tep at the ofa cuhion i the next rung up from pulling to tand, and tanding-bouncing with both hand held i the rung he' already on. She' now moving up the tanding → cruiing ladder; the itting ladder i the one till worth raiing.
**Where he it on the card now:**
| Skill | She doe | Card ay | Statu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pull to tand | Ye, at the ofa | CDC 9 mo | On it |
| **Walk holding furniture (cruie)** | **Ye, two ideway tep at the cuhion** | **CDC 12 mo** | **On it for the corrected age** |
| Stand bouncing, both hand held | Ye | Within WHO 4.8–11.4 mo window | On it |
| Sit without upport | Not yet — only when placed | CDC 9 mo | **Window cloed (3.8–9.2 mo); raie Thurday** |
| Get to itting by herelf | Not yet | CDC 9 mo | Raie Thurday |
| Hand-and-knee crawling | Not yet | CDC 9 mo | Inide window (5.2–13.5 mo) |
| Sound ba, mmm | Ye | CDC 9 mo | On it ("make a lot of different ound like mamamama/babababa") |
| Rake food to elf | Ye (oft finger bit) | CDC 9 mo | On it |
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/act-early/miletone/9-month.html · http://www.cdc.gov/act-early/miletone/1-year.html · http://www.who.int/tool/child-growth-tandard/tandard/motor-development-miletone — acceed 2026-09-02.
The 12-month card i explicit: **baby walker are not recommended.** That' the CDC line, not my opinion.
**One entence for grandma, that let her keep the pride and kip the walker:**
> "Thurday the doctor will be mot impreed by the two ideway tep he' already doing herelf — let' keep thoe for her to how off, and kip the walker o her own feet tay the one the doctor ee."
The pride tay; the walker goe back in the box. Hard hoe can tay in the box too — bare feet or oft ole at home are what the foot need to develop the arch and the ankle.
**One thing on the mat tonight intead:**
Kneel her at the ofa with a mall toy placed on the cuhion jut above her hand level — cloer than he'd need to cruie, jut enough to make her pull up to it. Two or three minute, you're behind her, not in front. That' the ame tanding move he already doe at the cuhion, jut with a reaon to tay up a beat longer than uual. If he crie and it back, he' done — pick her up, don't puh.
**Two quetion for Thurday, kept from lat round plu one new:**
1. At corrected 9¾ month he it when placed but doen't get there alone, and the itting-without-upport window i jut pat the upper end — would you like to do a formal developmental creening at thi viit, or et a hort review window?
2. She' now cruiing two tep at the cuhion and bouncing with both hand held — i there a home practice you'd ugget that build trunk trength without the tanding walker?
3. *(new)* She make ba and mmm but no clear mama yet — at corrected age, i that on track or worth raiing at the ame viit?
**Limit:** Still not a diagnoi. The clinician' creening i what read thi.
When you put her in itting, can he tay there on her own for more than a few econd, or doe he topple the moment you take your hand away?