Has anyone had this problem?
My 20 month old is a confident walker. However, he never crawled and has therefore missed out on the skill of pulling himself up. It used to just be a pain as every time he fell down, I would have to pick him up, but now I am getting concerned as to how to tackle it.
I spoke to a health visitor over the phone and she asked if it's a matter of he can't or won't and I genuinely think it's because he can't. This is because when I try to encourage him to get himself up he tries, but gets very worked up. In these same efforts and for the same motivation, he has learned how to bum-shuffle a little, but still after a few moves forward he gets frustrated.
If he falls down next to the couch or something else low, he sometimes tries to pull himself up and is then sometimes successful. We have never seen him stood up in his cot, although he is often sat-up which I assume he is doing by pulling onto the bars. He isn't able to climb the stairs or anything either - again I assume this is related.
The health visitor said to try leaving the room for a couple of minutes to see what happens and if he doesn't get up then to go to the doctor. I do this anyway tbh and besides, I can't help feeling though that it's not because he has a physical disability, but more that he has just missed out on a vital skill. His nursery manager described it today as it's though his knees are not used to the pressure and he has to get familiar with that feeling.
Any advice or suggestions would be great! If not, I will pop along to the doc.