My 15 month old is lazy and refuses to do things on her own. How can we encourage her?

Question

My 15 month old daughter is very lazy. She's active, social, happy, but lazy. She'll be 16 months in another 16 days, and we know she can walk, she's proven it to us, but she refuses to do it on her own. She she hold one of our fingers and walks with us, she tries to run, even. She'll grab toys that enourage walking and push them everywhere, she'll grab chairs and push them to the other side of the room before crawling back and doing it again with another chair.

But, she refuses to let go of us, or let go of the "walking devices". She even refuses to stand on her own. As soon as she try to stand her on her feet, she either starts jumping, or drops immediately to her knees.

However, she has stood and taken 3 steps before, at 13 months, since then, this behaviour started.

Today, I stood her up and she stood unassisted for a good 15 seconds, but she was watching people leave. When they were gone, and she realized she was standing, she immediately dropped to her knees.

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Answer 1

She's just a little nervous. Refuse to hold her hand and remove all walking toys and then try and get her to come across the room. (Use sweets or something)

Answer 2

Of course she doesn't want to do things on her own,  she's a baby.  She's not lazy she just doesn't want to do it yet.   Some kids walk sooner than others and yours will ketch up.  If you make a big deal about her not walking you may be giving her more attention when she doesn't  and reinforcing her behavior. Labeling her lazy at 15 months is silly. Lighten up,

it's not a competition unless you make it one.

Answer 3

It's okay she'll be able to walk when she feels more secure about what she's doing maybe it's just she needs an open place with lots of an encouragement. I hoped I helped.

Answer 4

Don't' push her.. she'll do it when she's ready.  Encourage her by not getting her things she wants right away.  If she wants a book that is across the room, see if she will get it on her own.  Or point out her favorite things that she might want to go get.  

Also, just for caution's sake, have her checked out at the dr.  She may just need strength development.  Walking a step or 2 and standing for a few seconds doesn't mean she has the stamina to do it longer.  Most babies develop that over weeks.  My son took his 1st steps at least 6 weeks before I'd say he was actually walking full time.  

And please, don't call her lazy.   That label has all sorts of negative connotations you do not want her to live up to .  Words are powerful.