I'm worried about my DS, 10 months. He is "crawling" by dragging himself around on his belly and pushing with his feet, and has been for two months. He is quite speedy, but will not crawl properly. He gets up on his hands and knees, but when he wants to move, his knees splay apart and off he goes on his belly. He pulls up to standing, but really struggles to get down. I have to hold his hand, and then he will very cautiously plop down on his bum. He sat late, was still a bit wobbly and fell often until 9 months, and still isn't pushing himself up to a sitting position on his own, although now very sturdy when placed. He will, however, cruise a bit along the furniture. But his ankles seem very flexible and he will sometimes rotate his ankles so that his toes point outward. He had a slight head tilt/torticollis that seemed to resolve, but at his last check it was noted again. I don't notice it really, but I guess I have just grown accustomed to it. He uses both sides equally for most movements, but does prefer the right hand for feeding and banging objects. He will, however, pass objects back and forth, bang two together, etc. He babbles and squeals and laughs, but often has his tongue hanging out a bit - I thought it was related to teething as that is when it started, but now I'm wondering if it is low oral tone? Not much drooling though, and he eats, drinks, and nurses very well.
Sorry for the novel, but I am a nervous wreck and just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with their DC. Sometimes everything seems perfectly normal, and other times I am concerned. He will be seeing a specialist about the slight head tilt, and I should hopefully find out if there is anything going on as far as low tone, etc. I'm working myself up reading about low tone and all the potential issues connected to it - ASD, speech delays, coordination disorders, etc. Please help.
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Is this low tone/hypermobility?
Zetta10 · 23/09/2016 03:13
My daughter is hypermobile. The main downside for her is that she knees herself in the face doing tuckjumps during her gym squad training! She couldn't clap by 12m although she did walk, and she skipped cruising altogether. She also has curvy little fingers which are statistically associated with various different conditions and syndromes, some of them very limiting. But like the vast, vast majority of people with curvy little fingers who didn't meet every one of her 12m milestones, there's nothing at all wrong with her (give or take the occasional black eye 
). The same thing applies to most other google-able symptoms. I am no expert but since he feeds well I would think tongue hanging out is more likely breathing through his mouth than anything more sinister.
Obviously none of us can promise you what the outcomes will be for your son, but I do know you can quickly drive yourself crazy diagnosing with dr google. I do it too. But in the gentlest possible "do as I say, not as I do" way, please stop with the googling and the "what if"s. Maybe share your concerns with a HV. But he's sitting, cruising, eating, drinking, manipulating objects, pulling to standing, getting from A to B... amazing how far he's come in 10 months, isn't it?!
DS is hypermobile and yours sounds fine to me. My DS was only just sitting reliably by 10 months and didn't remotely come close to walking until over 18months. We thought he was lazy 
My first DS did w-sitting. It's not great (although I do it all the time ) but nothing to panic about. You can always encourage them not to put their legs like that.
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