Was anyone else's baby slow to crawl and walk?
DD is 13 months. She was born slightly pre-term and had a low birth weight (0.4th centile but now up to 50th). She has a very small hole in her heart which is being monitored and they still think may close. No other issues that we are aware of.
She doesn't crawl, she'll shuffle 360 degrees on the spot pretty quickly but that's it and she's only been doing that for a week. If you stand her up at some furniture she will balance well and stand and play with items on that surface. She doesn't cruise and she doesn't pull herself up.
Her fine motor skills are excellent. She claps, waves and points, she babbles lots, can say Teddy and understands a few phrases such as "Do you want some milk?" and "Where's teddy?".
It's only really gross motor that I'm worried about, I think she's in the normal range for the other things. I've been frightening myself by reading about conditions that a baby with delayed gross motor and a heart defect may have. The health visitor seemed entirely unconcerned as she is showing progress, very slow progress!
Any experiences?
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Oysterbabe · 29/01/2017 10:54
She does see a consultant about her heart. Last appointment was when she was 11 months. They had no concerns about where she was at that stage and don't want to see her again for a year. I could try and speak to them so they can tell me if I'm just being an overly concerned ftm.
There could definitely be an element of us babying her too much. She was in special care after she was born and was such a tiny, fragile dot of a baby. Part of me still sees her that way despite her being a chubby, boisterous 13 month old. We do tend to give her whatever she wants and never let her cry 
Soo if she wants something out of reach you hand it to her ? Tut tut 
you need to allow her to get a bit frustrated so she she motivates herself to move I appreciate the was a dinky dot my Dd was 4lb 4 but you need to let her do stuff, her heart condition must have been a worry but it is ok for her to cry sometimes 
Sounds like she's happy sitting and taking everything in, I bet one day she'll just get up and walk 
I think some babies learn by getting frustrated about things and trying over and over until they manage and others watch carefully, figure out the best way of doing something then when they are ready, they do it. Think you might have one of the second type!
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