I say "He is one" and then immediately (never fails)
"Oh I bet you are having to chase him everywhere"
then I say "Nope he is not walking yet." Then it never fails I get an
"OH! Well don't you think you should go to the Dr. he should be walking by now."
"Ummm well his Dr. is not worried yet so I am not worried" When inside I am about to cry!
What is it when your child does not meet a milestone in a timely fashion that makes you fell like a terrible mother. We work with him all the time. He RUNS with his walker, we have even tried to move the coffee table further away from the couch to encourage him to let go and walk. Kyle says he lacks the courage. I say he is stubborn and would rather be carried. He has always been a lazy baby. He was a lazy nurser (I had to take his clothes off of him so he would nurse for the first 5 WEEKS!), he army crawled until he was 10 months old. Kyle and I every night will put our legs out and make him walk to us. He HATES to practice. Stubbornness again!
Is there anything we are not doing that you can think of to get this kid to walk? I NEVER thought it would take him this long.
OK! Some super fun things that he is doing right now:
He talks constantly! Will repeat any word you say. He knows what a cow, sheep and dog say. Well maybe not Dog..."Hunter what does a Dog say?" Hunter says "DOG" But when he hears a dog bark he says "DOG!" Who knows! He can make a ton of noises with his mouth. He gets this from his Daddy. He can motor boat, make a clicking sound with his tongue, and he makes engine noises when playing with his truck or tractor. He is so cuddly and so fun to be around! Oh and he knows what a circle is. So cute! He is very smart. He gets that from his Daddy too! I hope he did not get my math skills. Oooo WEE we will be having problems if he did!
Sorry for the long wordy post!
4 comments:
Jennie! You are an AWESOME mom. He will walk when he is ready. I heard that kids that focus on language development walk later. I also heard he may lose some of his words once he starts walking. So, be proud!! He will do it!!!
(Now, if I could just get my kids to speak english.)
Chin up sister! You are an amazing mom!! Hunter is perfect and if he is running with his walker I highly doubt that there is any thing wrong with him physically! Just keep preacticing with him even if he HATES it! Just think you already have him doing doing so many other milestones that other 14 month olds arent doing!!! Chin up momma chin up!! =)
I agree with the other comments. He will probably take off any day with the motor skills that he is already exhibiting. I will tell you one tip that helped Garrett that his physical therapist told us when we were teaching him to walk. If he likes to walk holding onto something or someone, have him hold onto one end of something short while you hold onto the other end. For Garrett, we used his little bear. It has the head of a bear and the body of a blanket. It gave him less support. We also would hold onto HIS pinky finger instead of letting him hold onto us. It gave him less support. That sort of thing might help build his confidence. I will say that Gavin didn't walk until he was 15 months old. Of course, knowing Gavin's medicla history like you do, that might not comfort you. ;) Remember, they believe he was completely normal at that age.
Hunter will get it. Give him time and a little less support. It's not your fault.
If you get too concerned. Call ECI and set up an evaluation. You don't have to have your doctor's permission to get that ball rolling.
Much love,
Stacie
I know I've told you before, but Sarah was 16 mos old.. And that still fell in the range of "normal" ... But my niece walked at 12 months so I felt like something was wrong with her.
Hunter doesn't drag a leg or seem uncoordinated. He just doesn't want to do it yet. But I understand the frustration and worry.
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