Assisted walking

At a very early age Aiden had wanted to stand on his little feet. We were advised by everyone around us not to encourage that behaviour lest he damage his feeble frame. But it's not exactly like we had much of a say on what he wanted to do. He's an independent little baby and is very set in his ways. Not sure where he gets that from :) He's at 9 months now and still does not crawl but just in the last couple of days the kid has found out that he can actually walk with some assistance. Now he just can't help himself and any chance he gets he wants to practice his walking.