Is he walking yet?

The daily question is he walking yet from family, friends and even strangers keeps echoing round my head and playing on my mind. 

My son Isaac has just turned 14 months and he still has no interest in trying to walk. He can stand on his own, furniture surfs everyday and potters round with his walker but seems reluctant, or maybe lacks the confidence to take those first steps. 

I'm trying not to worry, as the Michael McIntyre sketch reminds me, you never see adults crawling round the place! However, since his first birthday, I keep getting asked by other parents, friends, family and even strangers, is he not walking yet? 

A number of my friends children, of a similar age, are walking, and have been for quite sometime, so as a parent you can't help but to compare and feel a little disappointed that he hasn't joined that 'walking club'. It also forces you to ask the question 'what is wrong with Isaac?' and why isn't he walking? 

I think its difficult because at every stage, he has been ahead of the game, he had his first tooth at 4 months, he sat up at 5 months, he crawled by 8 months and stood up by 9 months so we were expecting walking to follow very quickly. However, as time ticks by and he still hasn't taken those precious first steps, we keep being forced to question why?

At first I thought maybe there was something wrong with his legs as when he does walk with his walker he turns his feet right out and walks on the edge of his feet but he can stand on his own and yesterday he took one small step, so I keep reassuring myself he will. He is also a big boy and he has a lot of weight to carry around so maybe his legs are simply struggling to support the weight of his body at the moment or he just lacks the confidence to go it alone.

For whatever the reason it hasn't happened, myself and my husband are putting that aside and just doing everything we can to reassure and encourage him and just let him do it when he's good and ready.

As a first time parent you can't help but to worry about the smallest of things and sometimes your anxieties and woes need to be set aside to just let things be. I know Isaac will walk (eventually) but in the meantime we will just have to sit back and enjoy him crawling, climbing and clinging onto my legs! 

However if anyone has any advice on tempting toddlers to take their first steps please feel free to comment. Thanks :)