walking--change now?

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Hi,

My son is 13 months old, BL CF, DBB 16 hrs/day. Our ortho told us to

take his shoes off during the day and for him to just wear them at

night (12 hrs) when he began walking. He can stand up on his own and

he is taking several steps (like from couch to couch or a max

distance of about 5 or 6 feet before he goes back to crawling). I'm

not sure if i should wait until he's walking more or if i should go

ahead and put his shoes on just at night. The ortho wasn't very

specific. I don't want to go to a shorter time prematurely, but i

don't want to take away from his " practice " time either. The ortho

said that walking would help his heels to come down, so i'm anxious

for him to walk as much as possible. Any advice would be greatly

appreciated.

Thanks,

Callie