My son turned 3 in November and my childminder has made me a little concerned about his development.
He can't yet put his own shoes on, although this is partly because his shoes are boot style and quite tight to get on - before he outgrew them he had some shoes that he was learning to put on and he can put wellies on. She was asking me to buy him new shoes so he can learn, but we can't afford new shoes.
He can't take himself to the toilet yet as he can't manage to stand on the stool backwards, take trousers etc down and lower himself. He can go to the potty on his own.
He can't draw a stick man properly yet - he can do a circle and a straight line downwards and 2 eyes. This is apparently behind?
He still holds his spoon more in his fist than like a pen, although he can do it if I prompt him.
She's always saying "He won't be able to do this at school....", though he won't start until Sept 2018 so he has plenty of time.
Is he behind?! He's always been a little slower at the physical side of things, didn't crawl properly until 11 months, walked at 15 months, when he runs he flails his arms and he's generally a laid back little chap who needs a lot of encouragement as he is prone to let us do it all. He's very very chatty and has a great imagination and memory, knows all his colours, can count and knows lots of letters. "Reads" his books to himself and is interested in learning to read. Very curious about the world around him. But is he physically behind? Most days when I go to pick him up I get a lecture from the childminder (today's was the stickmen and how I need to be doing more at home with him) and she makes me worry that he's behind and I'm a crap mother/it's my fault. Does he sound normal?
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3 year old - Childminder is worrying me!
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Persephone76 · 05/01/2017 21:50
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