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From: ksh@cbosgd.UUCP (Karen Summers-Horton)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: "walking" too soon?
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Date: Sat, 28-Jul-84 18:50:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 28 18:50:08 1984
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The statement that 'if a child walks too soon, they get bowed legs' is
an old wives tale.  Our son walked at 6 and 1/2 months (after having only
crawled for 2 weeks).  He immediatly walked without supporting himself on
other things.  This has not harmed his development at all - at twenty months,
he counts to 21, and says the alphabet by himself.  He also doesn't have
bowed legs.

	Karen Summers-Horton