i'm a nursery nurse and have looked after many children.
He is still very young and it's not unusual for some children to be later than others in walking and talking.
Boys in particular are notoriously late talkers, one little lad i cared for, was nearly two before he said his first words.
He will develop at the right pace for himself. It's always easy to compare one child with another but the fact is, they are all individuals and no one is the same. X

You must not lecture your daughter Gravitas. That would be an awful thing to do to a mum. The main thing for your grandson at this stage of his life is to feel secure and loved.

I'm a Nursery Nurse and have looked after many children.
He is still very young and it's not unusual for some children to be later than others in walking and talking.
Boys in particular are notoriously late talkers, one little lad I cared for, was nearly two before he said his first words.
He will develop at the right pace for himself. It's always easy to compare one child with another but the fact is, they are all individuals and no one is the same. X

Maybe he has nothing to walk for.
Stop worrying Gravitas and be patient. If he has done it once he will do it again. Walking is nothing to do with class /social status, although a lot of parents and grandparents try to make it so and get competitive unnecessarily. There is no grand race to see which baby walks first. I have two children. The eldest walked at 10 months (but she was a girl ) and the boy walked at about 15 months. He was a magnificent crawler and got everywhere on his hands and feet - just like a little chimp. Upstairs and downstairs going backwards down - no problem. He managed to get his sister to do just about everything for him and there was no impetus or real need for him to walk upright. He even carried stuff about in his mouth, rather than let his hands leave the floor - primitive or what. But you should see him now.

You must not lecture your daughter Gravitas. That would be an awful thing to do to a mum. The main thing for your grandson at this stage of his life is to feel secure and loved.

Before they started walking, my two used to pull themselves up onto their feet by holding onto the furniture. We used to encourage them to walk to us by clapping our hands and calling them to us. After a while they made their first ‘wobble’ over to us.

Your little grandson will walk when he is ready, Gravitas...

I'm a Nursery Nurse and have looked after many children.
He is still very young and it's not unusual for some children to be later than others in walking and talking.
Boys in particular are notoriously late talkers, one little lad I cared for, was nearly two before he said his first words.
He will develop at the right pace for himself. It's always easy to compare one child with another but the fact is, they are all individuals and no one is the same. X

Yes, I know he will. He walked six days ago.

I was concerned he might not walk before his Butlins holiday in 3 weeks' time, which would have restricted him.

I am also concerned he might be allowed to go down the path of being a "watcher" rather than a get stuck in "doer".

But that's another matter.