Bum shuffler and not weight bearing

[SchrodingersFanny]

My dd (12 months) is a bum shuffler. She started about a month ago and can go pretty fast now! She doesn't weight bear when you hold her up anymore, and the HV is concerned that we encourage her to pull herself up. They aren't worried about hips.

Has anyone had a bum shuffler, are they generally late walkers?

Neither of mine were but a friend of mine is a gp and I remember talking to her about babies and walking etc with my first and she said that babies who bum shuffle often walk a little later as they arent in as huge a hurry to get on their feet as their vantage point and how high they can reach etc is more similar to walking than a crawling baby,which makes sense if you think about it.
Don't worry I'm sure walking will come soon enough.Hth.

Ds is the same; he's a bumshuffler and also 12 months in two weeks.
He was bouncing around relatively early (I think?) at 7 months can vaguely weight bear on his legs if he's supported, but not for long and he's very wobbly. Sometimes he just folds up his legs anyway and doesn't try to extend them

He's attempted to pull himself up maybe twice, but because he's in a sitting position his bottom swings under and when he lets go he tips over backwards. I guess you could try to encourage it but until they sort their legs out to push with, pulling up is not going to be successful.

Basically I think they'll do it in their own time... I have also read that bumshufflers tend to be later walkers as they can already do lots of the things that would normally be an incentive to get a crawler to walk.

Yep, DS was a bumshuffler. He had weak joints and ended up with piedro boots to keep his ankles straight. He walked at 5 days before his second birthday. He was super fast as a bumshuffler!

I am not sure the drs do anything until child is 2 anyway if they aren't walking. We only had help with DS because he was already "in the system" for other things.

This doesn't sound reassuring does it? Sorry! Maybe your DD just likes bumshuffling so much now as she has discovered it, but will go back to weightbearing later? A bit of encouragement doesn't hurt though.

dd was a bumshuffler at 12 months and super speedy - she never crawled as she just flew across the floor in some sort of crab like movement..
She walked about 14 months.. just seemed to suddenly get the urge for it. She never appeared interested in pulling herself up at all, mind you she's pretty chunky so maybe she just didn't have strength.

My ds was a commando crawler who could go like stink and cos he propelled with his elbows he could hold things too. Would not weight bear at all. Didn't walk til he was 22months, then could run in a day or so. Now runs for his school and plays table tennis for the county.

Dd was a bum shuffler. Even faster than ds! Plus had hands free to hold things. She propelled with her right leg and balanced with her left at a very odd angle. Didn't walk til she was 23 months, again was running as soon as she could walk. She runs cross country and beat the girls in the next year up at sports day!

Other people were more concerned than I was to be honest. Neither showed hip problems, but neither would do more thnq hover with their legs ever higher if we tried to get them to weight bear. I really wouldn't worry and wouldn't try and get her to practise. They do everything at their own pace in my experience. (Ds is nearly 13 now and dd is 8 and health visitors weren't so 'keen' on milestones then, certainly for ds)

Did she used to weight bear?
If she did, I would see a GP about this.
It's likely nothing and she is just a happy bum shuffler and will get there at her own pace, but if she used to weight bear and no longer does, this definitely needs checking out.

My DS is/was a bum shuffler. At 18 months he still wasn't weight earing and would just hold his legs up if you attempted to stand him up. He was amazing fast and could cover the ground quicker than his walking peers. We took him to the HV and she gave him a good check over and pronounced him lazy. He has an older sister who runs around after him and worships the ground he shuffles on so it was hard for her when we told her he has to do things for himself (she was 5).

However, around 20 months he started pulling himself up and standing, progressed to cruising and then walking holding your hand. He walked on his own a couple of days before he was 22 months. He turned 2 a couple of weeks ago and since he started to walk properly be hasn't shuffled at all (well apart from last weekend when he met a 14 month old bum shuffler at a farm and watched her shuffle accross the grass, so he sat down and shuffled with her!).

At this age I wouldn't worry too much, they will get there in there own time,although I know it is hard.

My ds who is 16 months was a bum shuffler. He didnt start shuffling until maybe 9 months and walking around 14 months. Once he could pull himself up on the furniture he started cruising around a little. He then mastered standing himself up without holding onto anything and then he was off. Within the space of 2 weeks he'd gone from really struggling to pull him self up to climbing the stairs!

It's really hard for them to pull themselves up from sitting so it will take longer than a baby who can crawl on all 4's but they'll get there in the end.

Thanks. She did used to weight bear, she went in the jumperoo and door bouncer and used to bounce on your knee when you held her.

But once she could sit unaided (about 8 months) she just stopped and would lift her legs up if put in jumperoo. If you lift her up she lifts her legs up at 90 degrees! Occasionally now you can get her to put her feet on the floor, but she still pushes her bum backwards.

I've just been told that my nephew (now 9) was also a shuffler and walked a few months into being 1 yo. Charges around all over the place now - you'd never know.
Perhaps there's a genetic predisposition?

My DD was a bum shuffler. She bum shuffled from about 8 months old and got really good and fast at it. At around 12 and a bit months she suddenly started crawling, then 2 weeks later (so around 13 months) started cruising furniture for a day or two then full on walking. She was a very strong walker from the get go, run pretty quickly afterwards and now at 23 months can go on hour long walks (jogs for her!!)

I think the bum shuffling made her legs very strong (have you ever tried doing it? Really pulls on thigh and calf muscles!!) and that's made her a strong walker, so I reckon bum shufflers have an advantage there!

They all walk in their own good time, and I doubt shuffling or crawling has much bearing on when they do...

Dd was a bum shuffler. Started at 15 mos. never crawled. Didn't really weight bear until about 14 months. Walked holding hands at 19 mos and walked independently at 20mos. She is totally fine a now 2.9. Just not too adventurous with mobility related activities eg. Climbing etc.
She was super early with language development. Talked in 6-7 word sentences by 18 mos. Even now some of her language astounds me. Think she has geared all her brain power towards speech and lang development rather than motor skills!

My dd is a bum shuffler but she can crawl too!!! Finally started walking 10 days ago at the grand age of...........27 months!!!!!!!!

And walking perfectly. She s even seen by 2 different paediatricians and a physio who said there was nothing wrong with her. I
can't wait until her next appt when she can burst into the room, sporting her new shiny shoes!!!!