First Steps comes between crawling and walking. Having pulled themselves up on the furniture children slide their hands to one side, then their feet which allows them to move their whole body. To stay upright they will always keep two hands and one foot or two feet and one hand in place.

At first they will crawl when confronted with a gap between furniture. But as they grow more confident they learn to cross by moving their feet into the gap and letting go to "lurch" to the next support. Little feet need looking after even at this pre-walking stage, which is why Clarks have introduced First Steps shoes.