my daughter now is 13 mo. still haven't walk yet. same progress with yours i think. She likes to hold my hand and walk. used to be she wants me to hold both her hands, now she wants to hold 1 hand only and will run around as long as i hold her hand. i think it's cute but it hurts my back a bit because need to bend down to play with her like that

You are very wrong my friend... its the other way around...

Girl faster than boy... Look at the chart

http://www.babycenter.com/0_raising-boys-a...ment_3659011.bc

Boys' gross motor skills (running, jumping, balancing) tend to develop slightly faster, while girls' fine motor skills (holding a pencil, writing) improve first. For this reason, girls may show an interest in art (painting, coloring, crafts) before boys.

More boys than girls are late talkers, and boys may use more limited vocabularies. Girls tend to be better at reading nonverbal signs, like tone of voice and expression, which also makes them better communicators early on because they can connect feelings and words faster.

my suggestion is to best not expose kids to tv

as it is they see it when we are watching tv, so if possible ( i know during feeding time it may be a good distraction, otherwise it is best to minimize TV exposure)

on the other hand, i know how language skills are picked up from watching TV

unfortunately, bad habits, bad behavior and facial expression is also mostly picked up from cartoons

especially the peppa pig cartoon, i am shocked at how it is allowed to be shown to kids even