Ds2 is 9.5 months. He is and always has been quite big and tall for his age (around 90th percentile). He can only roll onto his tummy ie can't roll back. He can sit up but still quite regularly topples over and often slumps in highchairs. He cannot get to a sitting position from lying down, makes no attempt to crawl and has only tried to pull himself up a couple of times (but loves standing on your lap etc). He doesn't really try to hold his bottle and is not great at putting food in his mouth and chokes quite a bit on food he needs to chew.
On the plus side (!) he can wave and clap and pass objects from one hand to the other. I also have no concerns about his mental development (if that's the right word) ie responds to his name, lots of eye contact, babbling etc.
His older brother didn't do stuff particularly quickly and at 4 is now a well coordinated little boy, but I 'think' (hard to remember) that his sitting up, crawling efforts etc were well ahead of ds2.
80% of me thinks he's just a big chap with a lot of bulk to balance, but as he seems well behind his peers physically some worry is creeping in. He was due his 8 month check up today so I'd planned to ask the HV but he has chickenpox so asking for MN wisdom instead! Thanks
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Should I be concerned at 9.5 month old's physical development?
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Gurraun · 01/05/2014 09:26
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