Should I be concerned about my daughters development?

[3boysandagirl]

My dd is about to turn 11 months. She has sat up from around 7 months and is very stable, twists around to get things, rocks about and very rarely wobbles about.
When I put her on her tummy, she lifts her head easily with arms stretched out supporting herself (but doesn't get onto her knees.)
She has never rolled over back to front or front to back and shows no interest in doing so. If I put her in a standing position she'll stand for quite a while with support, with legs straight.
She is a really good eater but has shown no signs of feeding herself. She'll pick up food but has only put the food to her mouth twice. She can hold her beaker properly but just shakes all the water out of it and then plays with it.

She is very vocal, claps, waves, recognises songs, people, pets etc. she is very alert and is a really lovely, easy, happy baby. She loves playing with her toys and having us read to her etc and is always content.

Should I be concerned about her physical development. I try not to compare her with other babies but she does seem to be the very last to move on in this area. Deep down and as a mother of 4 children I don't really feel there is anything physically wrong and have put most of it down to the fact she has 3 older brothers and a dad who do everything for her. (I'm trying to discourage this.)

Do you think I should be worried or just accept she'll progress in her own time?

My youngest (also of 4) was late moving, tbh she was very very happy watching everything that was going on. She finally walked at 17 months and turned into a nightmare who considered herself to be as old at the next two up

Just keep an eye out and trust your instinct?

I wouldn't worry. My boy has only just started bum shuffling (a mnth ago) and is only now puling himself to standing. He rarely rolls and doesn't seem to have the motor skills yet for crawling. He's 15mnths. I'm not worried as I can see he's making progress in his own unique way.

Sounds like your DD is doing fine. Trust your instincts.

My DD sat by herself at 4 months, and walked at 10 months... But at 13 months I asked for a referral because she couldn't roll over, crawl, or get up at all if lying down.

I'm glad I did, the physio did wonders, but she did also say DD had the weirdest way of moving she'd ever seen and that potentially DD would have figured it out on her own even without intervention.

However, DD was so frustrated... Unbelievable temper tantrums that were obviously just sheer frustration. I think if your DD is chilled, then let it happen when she's ready. If she starts trying but failing then ask for a referral :)

I wouldn't worry just yet and there are a few things you can do to encourage her first... see how she goes.

Rolling over:

• When she's on the floor you roll her over - show her it's fun!

• Put some interesting things just out of her reach (in all directions) and leave her to it (don't watch/fuss/let the others give her them).

• Roll on the floor with her (if you can) - lay her on your chest and roll over (of course you have to support your own body weight!! LOL) then again with her on top.

Getting to sitting:

• Have her on her tummy, from behind place your hand on her left hip and your right hand under her right arm and move her to sitting, soon she will start to put her right hand down and push herself up. PM me if that doesn't make sense!!

• Sit on the floor, put her over your leg, let her play a bit (also encouraging her upper body strength) then put your hand on her hip (the one nearest your ankles) and slide her into a sitting position.

Crawling (gaining upper body strength):

• Roll a towel up and put it under her chest - this will improve her upper body strength and encourage her to draw her knees up too. Just give her some toys to play with and keep her there for a while.

• Once she is used to this, roll up another towel and put that under her tummy/hips so she's in a 'crawl' position.

• Get the boys to crawl about around her.

Food:

• Is she eating at the table with you? What happens if you just put different foods (that you are all having) on her tray and then just all eat your own, chatting to her but ignorning the food??

My dd is 13 months she rolled once at about 8 months then never again until about 3weeks ago when she was playing rollie pollies with her brother and sister now we can't stop her. She crawled at 9 months so we didn't really worry about her not rolling to much

Thanks for your replies. Chipping those exercises will be really useful. At least I'll feel I'm doing something to help/encourage her. I will start tomorrow and see how she gets on.

We've put her favourite toys all around her hoping it'll encourage her to roll but she stretches her arm out and gives up if she can't reach it. The only thing she'll persevere with is trying to get our cat. She gets really excited when she sees him but obviously he doesn't stick around long enough for her to get him.

She does sit with us at mealtimes but I'm wondering if she gets too distracted to feed herself. I'll have to think about that one.

I'll do the exercises and see how she progresses, hopefully she will. Dharma I'm glad the physio worked for your dd!

They just are all different. My daughter was physical very early, rolling at three months, however she didn't talk until very late and was seeing the speech therapist until she was almost three. I think their little brains just focus on different areas.

Troll

BOF??

Amelia - that's an awful word to use :(

Amelia - you are a complete disgrace, I hope you get banned.

oh she's talking shit all over MN tonight... disgusting troll, she must be very bored

Just vile - why do people do it? Are their lives so sad and boring?

Just go away - school holidays are no excuse to be a nasty twat

must be chipping, I can think of no other reason.

in fact, I think she/he is picking on the 'behaviour and developement' board sadly.

3boysandagirl - I hope they help you. Keep doing what you have been doing with her toys. If the others leave her alone she will get frustrated and get them herself, but if they others are going to do it for her then she's never going to bother! Ignore any whinging too - they need to get a bit frustrated!!

Hopefully MNHQ will block the IP.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was others. invasion?