Please be kind, feeling very fluey and tearful today and after a good start ds isn't settling at all at nursery. But what I wanted to ask was, ds is now two. I'm not worried about his intelligence - he talks well and communicates well. BUT he looks and physically behaves like a much younger child. It really stands out at nursery. He's quite short for his age, and a bit chubby, nothing to worry about according to the HV, but he finds everything physical very difficult. He takes ages to scramble up a slope that younger children whizz up. He doesn't jump or run properly - actually he can't do either of those things. He can't put on items of clothing (though is making attemps with shoes) and doesn't make towers of bricks etc. He finds even stepping off the kerb or down shallow steps very hard and still goes up the stairs on all fours (and comes down them backwards). He has enormous trouble using a spoon. He just seems much more clumsy and physically hesitant that other children. He's always been slow-ish to reach physical milestones but can walk etc so it might seem really self-indulgent to worry when so many people have bigger worries...but...being a boy I do worry that he will always be physically behind and live a life of misery because of it! Does anyone have a child who went from clumsy to adept, or can suggest anything to help him improve his physical skills?