Toddler still walking with stuck-out tummy and curved back

[Kalypso]

My 17 month old, who started walking at 11 months, still walks with tummy thrust out, shoulders back (normally with arms waving in the air!) and lower back curved. He isn't running yet and is still pretty uncoordinated. At the playground, he's often so busy concentrating on all the things to see that he plops down on his bum every so often, or otherwise wobbles crazily for a couple of seconds until he rights himself.

Anybody else's toddler like this? It's almost like he started walking more recently - you'd never guess he'd been walking fo 6 months!

He'll probably walk like that for some considerable time - it's not really to do with how long he's been walking it's to do with musculo-skeletal development.

Its difficult to tell without actually seeing him, but im guessing as his mum you have probably observed other children his age and their gait and must feel something isnt right.

I am also sure at his age he must be under the care of a health visitor. I think you should Contact your HV to come and observe him and give her opinion.

Good luck.

Hello Kalypso,

Sorry for replying on a really old thread.

Just wanted to ask if your 17 month old grew out of it or was it something worth looking further into. Our 19 month is walking in exactly the same way (And has been walking for over 7 months) but not sure whether to wait for his next checkup or bring it up right away.

Thanks
twinpapa

Hello Dear?

Can you update me with your follow up with the doctor and hows your walking now? My child has a same walk, please let me know thanks.

Well, what a surprise to see this crop up! I happened to open the thread and smiled thinking, “That sounds like my DS when he was little.” Then realised it was me who posted it!

Very happy to report DS has a completely normal posture now.

His tummy protruded until he was around 6 (with it being at its peak around 18 months to 2 years), through by 5 or 6 he was reasonably slim elsewhere. He’s always been in the healthy weight range.

He’s sporty and coordinated now! He learned to run really late - other toddlers who walked later than him were running way before him - and when he did start running, he was slow and uncoordinated for quite some time, maybe until age 6 or 7. Yet now he is his school year’s best cross country runner! So unlikely you need to worry, though always worth checking with the GP. I have a vague memory doing so and being told it looked fine.

Hi my toddler walks the same way arched back belly out and is very clumsy. Has your toddler grown out of it? My son is 16
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