My son did. He was 9 months old, pretty much identical to what the baby in the video did. I’m glad I caught it on video and that my husband was home to see it. My son was giggling, he was so proud of himself, it was the cutest thing.
Reddit has no idea how babies work. Some skip crawling completely and walk straight across the house the first time they decide they want to. Others pull themselves up by a chair and fall on their ass 20 times before they even figure out how to pick up their foot
My kid NEVER crawled. So frustrating. She would stand up against the wall and shimmy around the room, just holding on to objects to keep herself up. We called it baby parkour lol.
My son crawled a little, but his favorite modes of transportation were bootyscooting backwards and sometimes rolling. Every kid is different, and it's so fun watching them figure it out.
Yeah, my daughter only scooched around on her butt all the time, until she one day (pretty late) suddenly stood up like the kid in the video, without holding anything, and walked around.
This was me at 9 months. One morning my mom got up to check on me and I was just standing in the hall staring at her. She was so freaked out, like something straight out of the shining lol. Even stranger still was that my crib bars were up, so not only was I walking but I climbed up, over, and out of my crib. I was in a toddler bed before I turned 1 because my parents were deathly afraid that I was going to hurt myself seeing as the height of the crib bars were probably a good 4ft+ off the ground.
Oh god, my little brother often freaked me out when he was a toddler. I distinctly remember sleeping and getting a weird feeling, then waking up to find him standing next to the bed, just staring at me silently 😭
My first memory is of escaping my crib at about 18 months old, so it's not impossible. Also, they never claimed to remember it, probably something their parents told them.
Reading all the comments from people who clearly don’t have kids of their own and don’t know how this process really works is hilarious. And they’re so confident too.
I used to like /KidsAreFuckingStupid but it's really turned into "reddit comments are fucking stupid" lately. They either want kids to have the reasoning skills of a fully grown adult or they think a toddler is a potato until they're 10.
I miss the way that sub used to be, it was more of a celebration of the inherent stupidity of kids figuring out how the world works. Now it's full of bitter childfree people and "parenting experts" who have never actually interacted with a kid in their entire life
That was me with riding a bike. When I was a kid, neighbor Dad was trying to get his son, who was the same age as me, to ride a bike with no training wheels for an hour, he kept falling and couldn't do it. They took a break, left the bike on the road, I walked up to it, asked if I could try and started riding it with zero problems. I was doing laps on the road going up and down the street.
I apparently skipped crawling and was walking by 8 months. My mom said I had to go to the hospital for something and the nurse took me out of the crib or whatever I was in and put me on the floor so she could clean it, and was shocked when I got up and started walking away.
My older brother apparently never crawled. He wobbled around on his butt like those toys you can't knock over until one day he just hopped up on his feet and started bouncing around. Like not quite understanding how walking works but definitely knowing enough to MOVE
My daughter went from pulling herself up to stand to running. There was no walking, if she wanted to move slowly she would crawl. She would run everywhere otherwise. She would use the walls and chairs as a brake. By brake I mean smack right into them full speed. She was about 3 years old when she started actually walking regularly.
I never really crawled as a baby. I went from scooting, sitting with one leg tucked under me and using the other leg to propel myself, to full-on walking.
My nephew skipped crawling and was late walking. Why? He figured a way to get about by basically barrel rolling everywhere. Apparently it served him until 14 months old until he figured to try this “walking” thing.
My kid crawls and pull himself up by any object that has a good height and try to start walking from there. It was same with every other development step, repeating 1000 times before you can go further. I somehow can't believe that a kid could just stand up like that for the first time and start walking. It looks very strange to me tbh and even if it's possible, her reaction looks 100% fake to me.
it’s so sad to me that people think because one child/baby/person is one way that must mean it’s like that for everyone. i’m happy for you and amazed your son was so strong! don’t worry about the people saying you missed his actual first steps
Same. I had the camera set up on the floor because she and our new kitty were playing so well together, destroying/spreading the recycling all over the kitchen. I thought it was a cute moment and wanted to share it with my husband later. To my surprise, she stood up just like the baby in the video and took quite a few steps. She even took a turn while walking, which shocked me even more. She eventually realized what she was doing and stopped out of shock/fear herself. It’s weird how people doubt the most simple things.
I did too, at 9 months! Shocked my grandparents who were babysitting that summer. Almost gave my grandma a heartattack when I walked into the kitchen 🤣. Some kids are very agile, I could have been a gymnast 🤸🏻.
My child is standing steadily, but he hasn't been confident enough to take a step forward. He only squats back down and crawls. The baby in the video is taking careful steps. Nice job trying to ruin someone's day, armchair parent with no child.
Trying to ruin someone's memory of their child's first steps that they witnessed, whether it be their actual first steps or not, is an extraordinarily disgusting feature of a human.
This happened with my youngest son when he was 9 months old. Skipped crawling and just got up one day and started walking. I called my ex husband at work like ‘you know this kid can walk now?!’
Is it possible your husband actually saw your son's first steps and didn't tell you because he didn't want to break your heart like you hear a lot of parents kind of lying about firsts with their children?
My second was kind of the same. I was holding her hands while she was squatting and she would just practice standing from the squat. Jokingly, I let her just sit there in the squat and she just stood up. Once she was standing she was balanced enough to start shuffling to me. All caught on video.
Well yea but your story goes against what skeptics with angst believe so it can’t be true!!
Yea my daughter did something similar to this for her first steps. She stood up and I jokingly told her to walk to walk to me not expecting her to take a step and she just did. And then did it again when my wife got home that day. I was able to record the second one
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u/Unusual_One_566 21h ago
My son did. He was 9 months old, pretty much identical to what the baby in the video did. I’m glad I caught it on video and that my husband was home to see it. My son was giggling, he was so proud of himself, it was the cutest thing.