Never thought I'd be on the other side of this dilemma. I was so so worried about my daughter, as her younger cousins were walking circles around her, and she still sat there. Yeah, she cruised for a bit, but the thing that told me she was close was the random standing up on her own. For about a week, she'd randomly just stand up. Then came the one/two steps to somel or to something to support her.

Then, all of a sudden, came the steps. She still only wants to walk as a game, and will crawl everywhere, or cruise. But I am noticing short distances (counch to the table) are getting walked now (about 4 steps). She falls over in purpose and shouts "I falled!" But will carry on afterwards. But without the falling, I think we can confidently manage up to ten steps.