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AIBU to worry about my 15 month olds "knee-walking"

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Bells3032 · 24/03/2023 15:46

Daughter is 15 months old. she is incredibly active and switched on. She started crawling at 8 months and a couple of months ago started "knee walking" she is incredibly fast, can get where she wants to go, can carry her toys whilst "walking" and seems very happy.

She pulls herself up endlessly and bears weight really well and is just starting to cruise a tiny bit but she has no interest in letting go. you try to get her to stand and she'll refuse and just sit down again.

She also always sits in a "W" position which wasn't very surprising given myself, my sister and my niece are all extremely hypermobile.

I've given her a walker but she just pushes it whilst walking on her knees. She's got a little tykes car and she's worked out how to get in and out of it no problem - rather impressively getting out by walking out on her knees. she's an expert climber as well.

her nursery said they've seen it before and not to stress but at what point should we see someone. anything we can do to encourage her?

should i worry about this or not?

OP posts:
SmartHome · 25/03/2023 12:23

It could well be the hypemobility? One of mine didn't walk until closer to two because he has hypermobility, particularly in his hands and feet. When he did walk he then toe walked until 5 or 6. Eventually had physio and now walks flat as a teen. No issues and plays a lot of sports.

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