I wouldn't be too concerned yet if she's not walking. Daniel started walking at 19 months, but I've known many Downs kids who walked later than that. I agree with you, when her sister starts doing things, she will copy her. I can't think of any way to motivate her.....they tend to do things when they're good and ready.
Susan

For our Kat her big motivater was her brother who's 15 mths older than her, but when she knew how to walk she wouldn't do it when any of her therapist were there, we finally video taped her walking and got all them at the house at the sametime, after they watched the tape of her walking they told her they knew her tricks, and she giggled ans stood up and ran off laughing, she's quite the chariter, she was walking around 16 mths.Kat will say some words crystal clear out of the blue, but when you try to get her to repeat them she just looks like she doesn't know what your saying, but we know she understands us it's just if she wants to do it or not, but she's talking more and more

Wow Kat sounds so much like Grace! Grace kind of feels performance anxiety and if she feels put on the spot, she doesn't want to perform. Her biggest motivator was praise. We would act really overly excited about the good things she did and she would just eat it up. Grace didn't walk until she was 2 yrs 1 month.

Someone told me that they will do things when they are ready, and not until then. And she was right. My son only started to walk after he saw his little sister walk and talking followed. They are alot smarter than you think and they know at an early age that they have you wrapped around their fingers. Alot could be an attention thing, but eventually they will do it. I've had to place a tracking device on my son, who once would not walk, and now runs away!!!

something that people have to realize about kids with ds is they dont do anything untill they are good and ready no matter what the reward cody refuses and he dont care what you will give him but when he gets ready he will do whatever it was you tryed so hard to get him to do

Hi I just join this group. I fully agree with what is being said. Our children are special and they will do things when they are really ready for it. Sometimes it needs something to happen tht can also trigger a change in them. In the meantime enjoy your child.
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I wouldn't be to concered my daughter is eighteen mounths old and has no intentions of walking yet, she is quiet happy shufferling on her bum. I have two older children who tries to do everything for her.I try to encourage maisy. maisy does things when she wants to.