RESUMO
Childhood is a transition from infancy to puberty ranging phase from the ages of one to three years. This phase is marked by several changes, with the growth and development peaked at the begging of this stage then soon take decreases gradually to become so little at the end. Childhood is divided in to three sections, early childhood from the age of 1-3 years old, preschool from 4-6 years and the school from 6-9 years .This study aims to: Identify of the social and economic of families on the basis of age at the beginning of the walking children. [And the Identification of health awareness for mothers the basis of age at the beginning of walking children]. the identification of physical measurement is anthropometric measurement were used as indicators of growth in relation to age at the beginning of walking. Examine the relationship between physical measurement of children and blood tests, as well as nutrition. This study was conducted on 310 children, aged 1 -3 years, they divided on the bases of age at the beginning of walking to 10 months, from 10 months to 12 months, and more than 12 months in a row, and to achieve the goals of the search were prepared form questionnaire for this purpose has been collecting data questionnaire from the mothers of children in Abd El azeziah hospital maternity and some health centers and dispensaries eligibility in Jeddah, has been used recurrences and percentages to explain the results, as was the use of, averages, standard deviation and variance analyses to determine the degree of relationship between some parameters used and age of children at the beginning of the age of walking