However, children of this age are still too young to dress themselves. Some babies at this age begin to test out their independence from their parents, creeping away but checking back often to see if the parent is still there, or calling out for reassurance that the parent is still in the next room. Careful babies will try adventures such as standing alone or crawling up stairs, going only as far as the point where they can easily get back down. By their tenth month, almost all children can pull themselves up and stand while holding on to something, and many can walk sideways holding on to a piece of furniture such as a sofa.
Most babies can pull themselves up to a sitting position from lying down without help.
Some can stand alone, at least for a moment. It might seem that babies would first crawl, then creep, next stand, and finally walk. But babies tend to learn to stand and then to creep, as if they feel the need for more experience at ground level before walking erect. Babies only recently weaned may show a very sudden spurt in motor development during the tenth month. They may also begin to rock their bodies, particularly when they go to bed.