Late walker or hypermobility?

[ShellJayne]

My ds is 19months (16 & half adjusted - he was 10 weeks prem) and not walking yet. He cruises and will walk holding on to one finger and is really good with his push along walker. He can now stand for a few mins and this week has walked 4/5 steps in his own. I'm wondering I'd he is just a late walker or he could have hypermobility. He seems to be very bendy and sits in very odd positions. What are signs of hypermobility?

I just don't know if I should just wait and see what happens in the next few weeks or phone hv.

Ah see my dd's speech is fantastic too!! She copies anything and understand everything!!

Nope so steps at all!!

I tried moving furniture around so she might walk from
Piece to piece and I recorded her from sofa to chair and it was move of a throw her self 3 steps and the chair caught her! And that was it!

DS too. Knows exactly what you are saying to him and is such a chatter box. Yes DS did the lurch walk for a while but is not doing a few steps well. He actually did 8/9 steps really well the other day then collapsed in a heap.

He just can't seem to balance to actually do the walking.

I read up on loads of things and scare myself witless that it could be something other than a late walker.

Does your dd walk confidently holding your hand?

Yes I read up loads, I'm going to take her to doctors instead of phone consolation!

Yes she walks brilliantly just literally holding the tip of my finger!!
But no independent ones at all!!

That's brilliant he has done some steps, means he must har the strength in his legs but just not the confidence?

Good luck and keep me posted on your dd's development.

come and join us over here for hypermobility stuff. Latest thinking is that Hypermobility Syndrome is the same as Ehlers Danlos type 3/hypermobility type (depending on which consultant you see and whether they will actually give you a diagnosis ).