Cropping is a nice idea. :) And when I said she prefers arms or a stroller to feet on the ground, I actually meant specifically outside. She thinks it’s scary to get set down outside! But inside she does stand if she has something to hold onto and she can pull herself up and walk sideways along a couch, too. She still lacks balance for walking, but I know that will come with time.

Yes she is. 💞

I’m a physical therapist who has focused on early intervention (helping babies to walk) at various times in my life. When you write that Annalise is not taking too well to the walking thing, what you’re describing is typical. Babies need to focus on what we call “positive support”. That is, the ability to control knee flexion and extension and hip flexion and extension. So, just have her stand at a low coffee table in front of the sofa. Give her support from behind at her hips and let her practice holding her legs straight just in standing. She’ll learn to hold the legs straight against gravity. Then she’ll start to learn to bounce up and down. Then she’ll start to lean side to side and then slowly she’ll develop in moving about that coffee table. That’ll take a few weeks to a month. And that’s where she’ll learn to walk. Give her a chance and she’ll make good on it.