A lot depends on your daughter's personality too. My son is super-cautious. We have only one small carpeted area in our house, and that's where he took his first few steps at 13 months. Everyone said, "Lookout! He'll be walking all over in a couple of weeks!" Not true! At 15 months, he is finally starting to walk more than crawl. He seems to know which surfaces he needs to be more careful on. For almost two months, the only place he would take those tentative steps alone was on the carpeted area. On our tile, linoleum, and hardwood, he'd use push toys or hold my hand when he walked. Outside, he hated walking in the grass because the ground is so uneven and wanted to hold hands whenever we were on concrete. I've really lucked out that he is such a cautious kid! Now that he is walking more often on his own, I notice that he slows down on those scary surfaces like the ceramic tile and cement. He falls much less there. The only exception to his cautious ways from early on is that now he loves walking (and falling) on the grass. It's like he's practicing falling, because he falls every couple of steps and laughs like crazy. Whereas inside, falling is much more rare and makes him really frustrated. If your daughter is a cautious kid, you might not have to worry as much as you think! I understand from friends that the time to worry is when they are really good at walking because they stop paying attention to their feet and trip over obstacles they don't bother to look at!
