--- title: Baby Giant Panda Takes First Steps at National Zoo description: It's adorable canonical: https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T22:49:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:49.272Z og:title: Watch the National Zoo's New Panda Cub Take Her First Steps og:description: It's adorable og:url: https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411fc3bb96eaf1ff/698870a5196cf47556038f2a/screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-5-26-31-pm.png?branch=production&width=744&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 744 og:image:height: 419 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-11-11 at 5.26.31 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the National Zoo's New Panda Cub Take Her First Steps twitter:description: It's adorable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411fc3bb96eaf1ff/698870a5196cf47556038f2a/screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-5-26-31-pm.png?branch=production&width=744&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the National Zoo's New Panda Cub Take Her First Steps > Sponsored content. 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This milestone went down on Monday afternoon. The other panda you’ll see in the above clip is Bei Bei’s mom, Mei Xiang, who was there to supervise. She is clearly so proud of him that she eventually scoops him up for a cuddle session. “One small step for panda,” the zoo [wrote ](https://www.facebook.com/nationalzoo/videos/vb.32235087901/10153683693002902/?type=2&theater)on its Facebook page, “one adorably wobbly moment for all of us.” _Read next:_ [_Here’s a Live Panda Cam to Rob What’s Left of Your Productivity_](http://time.com/4083838/zoo-atlanta-panda-cam-animal-planet/) ### What Life Is Like for America’s Most Famous Panda Cub  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Bao Bao, the Giant Panda cub is seen by the media for the first time January 6, 2014 inside his glass enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, a few days before going on display to the general public. Bao Bao was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo August 2, 2013\. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Bao Bao, the Giant Panda cub is seen by the media for the first time January 6, 2014 inside his glass enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, a few days before going on display to the general public. Bao Bao was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo August 2, 2013\. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty Images  Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Connor Mallon—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Courtney Janney—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo  Abby Wood—Smithsonian's National Zoo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/"},"headline":"Watch the National Zoo's New Panda Cub Take Her First Steps","datePublished":"2015-11-11T22:49:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:49.272Z","description":"It's adorable","url":"https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411fc3bb96eaf1ff/698870a5196cf47556038f2a/screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-5-26-31-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt411fc3bb96eaf1ff/698870a5196cf47556038f2a/screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-5-26-31-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-11-11 at 5.26.31 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4109340/baby-panda-first-steps/","name":"Watch the National Zoo's New Panda Cub Take Her First Steps"}}]}] ```