Does your toddler walk on their toes

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We have always been SUPER conscious of how much our kids walk on their toes. My SIL was an exclusive toe walker and ended up shrinking the tensions/ligaments in her calves. By the time but MIL realized something was weird, she couldn't flatten her foot at all. My MIL Just trying to move it with her hand made my SIL(2.5 at the time) scream. They ended up needing to go to a doctor that stretched and casted her legs over several months.
She's totally fine now as an adult but my husband saw our son walking on his toes and freaked out. We brought it up with the peds and they said as long as they aren't exclusive on toes and can stand flat footed it should be fine.

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My son did until 3yo... and he still does it often now at 4.5... though not as bad as before turning 3. He can walk normally, but chooses to walk on tippytoes... now he does it only whenever he is active or excited, he will be so light on his toes. Almost like dancing. He got lots of energy, always wanna be on tippy toes.
What helped him alot during the excessive tippytoeing was wearing his shoes. He started going to nursery at 2.5yo, and kept his shoes on til arriving home. Really made a difference.

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Toe walking is not developmentally appropriate past about 18 months. If they’re older than that, time to see a physical therapist.

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Oops, I missed the sometimes option! My 22 month old walks on his toes but not all the time.

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Sometimes. Remember that kids mimic what they see sometimes and also are just weird. If you think it’s a problem, bring it up at the next doctors appointment.

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Ours does occasionally but usually she is consciously doing it for fun, otherwise she just walks on her flat feet.

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My oldest still does. She’s 5. We’ve taken her to so many doctors but apparently it’s just her preference

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sometimes not yes

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I meant to click no but my screen slid and it clicked yes. My cousin walks on his toes though, he is 5 now and has done it his whole life.

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I put yes, but I didn’t see the sometimes option- I would have hit sometimes, because she walks on her feet most of the time.

Does your toddler walk on their toes

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