Don't Rush When They Walk

Babies develop at their own pace and nothing you say or do is going to change what that pace is. In fact, you can do more harm than good if you try to rush the development. Walking is a baby's first major move towards independence from you and once they start walking - they don't stop. In fact, running quickly follows.
Your baby needs to develop muscle strength and coordination during his or her first few months of life. They will learn to crawl, roll over and sit up and hold themselves upright in the sitting position. The average baby is starting to pull themselves up on things around 8 months or so. Now before you start glancing at the calendar and thinking your 9 month old isn't doing that - let me say again: there is nothing wrong with your baby.
My daughter did not walk until she was 18 months old. She didn't bother pulling herself up on things until after she was a year. In fact, she walked before she could crawl. How, you may ask, did she do this? Because she bounced everywhere she went. She did what we called butt scooting across the floor. Once she was able to hold herself up right in a sitting position - rather than crawl or try to pull herself up, she just bounced along the floor and got some lift at times.