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| 881.1 | ? | SWAM2::GOLDMAN_MA | Blondes have more Brains! | Mon Jan 16 1995 12:06 | 17 |
| Is she (otherwise) developing normally? Some children are just really
late bloomers. Will she walk with your assistance? Does she roll
across the floor to get where she wants?
If she is in daycare, you might check with her caregiver to see how
much help she is being given. If the caregiver is a busy person with
several children to care for, he/she may be getting her whatever she
needs or wants, rather than making her "work" for it. If that is the
case, you, your family and your caregiver need to come to a uniform
agreement of when to help, when to let her do it herself.
We found with our son that the more we helped him, the less he chose
to do.
M.
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| 881.2 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Mon Jan 16 1995 12:14 | 4 |
| I think very chubby babies tend to take longer with this stuff too--is
she on the tubby end of the scale?
Leslie
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| 881.3 | Learn by immitation | USCTR1::WILBON | | Mon Jan 16 1995 15:55 | 11 |
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Have you voiced your concerns with your pediatrition? She/he may also
be able to give you some suggestions. But, I've found young children
at any age enjoy copying other children. You stated you had an older
child, perhaps you can have the older child play with the baby, maybe
make up a game of getting her to crawl to the older sister. Really
show excitement if she even makes an attempt to crawl. Also, my kids
love to watch themselves on video. If you have any old videos of your
older one learning to walk you could show it to the kids together. If
nothing comes of it, you'd probably get a kick out of seeing them
again.
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| 881.4 | she CAN'T or WON'T?? | CLOUD9::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Mon Jan 16 1995 22:42 | 32 |
| Chris was my "slug" baby. He didn't MOVE till he was 13 mos old. Then
he FINALLY started to crawl. He was 17 mos old before he started
walking. He was in his walker before then, but I don't recall him
moving a lot in it till after he was crawling.
Now he just started skiing lessons, and if I could keep him still for
20 seconds, it would be SO nice!! He was a bit "chubbier" than maybe
he should've been (didn't seem it to me at the time - I only say this
from looking back at pics now), and this may have been Part of it, but
REALLY, I think he just didn't have the urge.
My pedi was discussing this the other day - Jonathan's gross motor
skills seem to be trailing behind others his age - but his fine motor
skills are months ahead of others. She said that, even as infants,
babies will display preferences. IN GENERAL, they develop evenly, but
many children prefer to run about, and many other children prefer to
sit quietly and play with blocks. She said that you're more concerned
with the ABILITY to do something, rather than actually DOING it. If it
seems like she HAS the strength to move about, just chooses not to,
then there's no need to worry. It's just a preference. And also she
said that a lot of times unless a child sees a clear NEED to do
something differently, that they won't "progress" to the next
development level.
Be glad she's still .... Jonathan just started walking last weekend,
and today they told me from daycare, that he's been pushing over all
the other kids. He walks up to them and pushes into them until they
tip over. Nice kid, eh? Unfortunately, I taught him that trick - it
was funny when he pushed ME over!! It's a lot simpler when they CAN'T
do some things!! (-:
As long as she has the strength, I'm sure she's fine.....
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| 881.5 | answers | UBOHUB::HOPE_T | | Tue Jan 17 1995 07:08 | 27 |
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re. 1
She will walk (backwards) in her baby walker but if I hold her up she
just sticks her legs out to the side (not very helpful). Her
childminder says that she is quite advanced in her fine motor skill.
re 2.
Yes she is rather large/chubby for her age.
re 3.
In the UK we tend not to have access to a pediatrition but we do have
Health Visitors sorry if I offend anyone here but in my experience (OK
its only 2 that I've met) they are both elderly spinsters who only know
the theory of childcare and have not had true experience.
Yes I have an older child (4 1/2) and we have all spent many an evening
crawling round the living room (I shut the curtains first just in case
anyone should see me on all fours crawling round the room, my eldest
on all fours crawling round the room shouting "this is the way to
do it" and the baby flat on her face screaming!!!).
re 4.
As I said earlier she is advanced in her fine motor skills. But she
just does not seem to be motivated to move at all not even to roll
about.
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| 881.6 | intervention helped my daughter | STOWOA::SPERA | | Tue Jan 17 1995 12:10 | 39 |
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Don't panic but do be concerned.
My daughter had delayed gross motor development. She is now 3 1/2 and
I can't keep her still. However, I am very grateful for the
intervention we received.
We have a program in the States (called Early Intervention) which
provides services to children under 3. My pedi didn't think she needed
them but I did (it's my experience that doctors are trained in
medicine, not in development or therapy or anything else).
At 8 months old, my daughter was diagnosed as having mild cerebral
palsy. I was a wreck. With a little help from physical therapists,
she sat at 9 months old, crawled at 1 year, and walked...not well...at
18 months.
One of the behaviors I noticed looked like what you are describing. My
daughter sometimes flipped over so I thought she could roll. At other
times, she lay on her stomach and cried..sometimes with her face in
vomit (now, why wouldn't she roll). It was a therapist who pointed out
that she was flipping uncontollably when she tried to reach. She was
not rolling.
We had to work with her on very small steps...I'd be happy to talk to
you off line in lots of detail...We had to get her to sit properly with
legs a bit closer together. The therapist recommended a very low seat
so that she could sit with feet planted on the floor and we could
encourage the knees to come together. The walker was an absolute NO
NO. We set up a low table and encouraged her to play in a kneeling
position to get those knees together and bearing weight.
Now, my daughter skips, hops, climbs, dances....
By the way, she learned to roll over after she had learned to walk. We
worked on that as well and made a game out of it.
Send mail or give a call. There's got to be a way to get an evaluation
and help. There is a lot you can do to help.
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| 881.7 | walkers are bad | FABSIX::J_MAXIM | | Wed Feb 01 1995 01:42 | 7 |
| I agree with *6 regarding the walker. I've heard on the radio
recently public announcements from a chiropractic(sp?) group
that walkers cause back injuries in children.
Has anyone else heard this?
John.
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| 881.8 | | UBOHUB::HOPE_T | | Fri Jul 14 1995 09:53 | 7 |
| just a quick update here.
17 months and only a bottom shuffle. She still will not stand-up.
Tracey
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| 881.9 | | CHEFS::HOPE_T | | Tue Nov 07 1995 08:23 | 4 |
| 20 months and...... yes she has now taken her first steps
Tracey
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| 881.10 | baby steps | CSLALL::JACQUES_CA | Crazy ways are evident | Tue Nov 07 1995 08:32 | 20 |
| 14 MTHS and Angeline is full-fledged cruiser and crawling. She
really likes to let go of things and see how long she can stand.
Or, just get to a stand up on her own and then wiggle her butt
and legs to see how long before she loses her balance. Sometimes
she'll start to lose it and get it back.
It is just a riot watching her practice!
It's also a big deal now to get herself in and out of seats. Like
her booster seat, or activity rocker. Learning to turn herself around
and plunk her butt in, then get up "cruise" away, come back, turn around,
etc.. She'll do it over and over and over..... The determination just
amazes me!
With all the neices and nephews I've watched grow, I thought I'd seen
it all. It is just SO DIFFERENT when it's your own and you watch all
the developments, rather than be shown the latest "tricks" they've
learned.
cj *->
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