DD has just turned 1. She’s bright and meeting all of the non-physical milestones like words and pretend play and things. She’s never been very physical and I’m worried about her strange way of getting around. Hard to gauge without seeing other babies much these days.
She refuses to crawl, but bum shuffles very fast. When she does this, she moves like a lopsided spider: right leg out in front of her and left leg doing most of the shuffling, i.e. pushing off from the floor and setting direction. Has anyone had this?
Both legs work fine, i.e. when we put her up to stand the weight distribution is equal and she kicks with equal force e.g. in the bath or during nappy change. Is this way of moving a cause for concert or the beginnings of someone whose left side is just more dominant? She also prefers her left hand for self-feeding and crayons for example.
I guess overall I’m worried because she’s always been slower on things like rolling - did it around 6 months and now, while she can do it, doesn’t really want to, or pulling up, again did it for a few weeks age 8 months and now seems to have moved on and only rises to a half-squat while holding onto furniture to look at things. She does constantly bounce on her bum, as if trying to get up from the sitting position, so I think some limited interest in walking is there.
I’ve read so much online about showing them how to pull up/incentivising with toys but it mostly ends in whining so I stop.
Would be interested in experiences of similar please and in when this ended in walking. Thank you. 😊
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AncientRainbowABC · 02/07/2020 09:41
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