Hypermobility

[Ted0301]

Hi all, I’ve recently been told my 13 month old has Hypermobility, she doesn’t crawl, walk or weight bare on her legs, we’ve have a couple of physio sessions now and she is improving each week, just wondering if anyone else’s son/daughter has this? And if so what age did they start crawling/walking?
My daughter knows how to walk she will put one foot in front of the other when you hold her under her arms and lifts her leg to go up the stairs. Thank you :)

It depends on the severity of the issue and the temperament of the child. My hypermobile DD walked on the day she turned 16 months but (i) her condition has been assessed as "mild to moderate" and (ii) she is extremely stubborn and persistent so she kept trying to walk dozens (if not hundreds) times a day until she managed to take first steps. At 27 months, she is still slightly behind other toddlers of her age but I can see the gap is closing very rapidly.

As I understand, many hypermobile children walk between 18 and 24 months. They generally catch up with their peers at around 3 years of age.

Thank you, my DD is always wanting to be walking around and she has started to weight bare more on her legs recently. She can get up on all fours and has started rocking the last few days, so I don’t think she’ll be long crawling.

My daughter is 3 and has hypermobility but we weren’t officially told this until a few months ago. She was really really late hitting her physical milestones and didn’t walk until 2 but she’s catching up at her own rate.

It’s great your daughter is being seen by professionals now. I was told in my area they don’t refer for late walking until 2. But I have since been told she should of seen someone sooner. Physio will really help 😊

Thank you, we went to physio yesterday and she thinks my daughter is going to skip crawling and just go straight into walking as she always wants to be on her feet. But next time we go she is going to check her ankle strength to see if she needs some special shoes with extra support to help her :)

I'm convinced my son has hyper mobility! We have a physiotherapist coming out to see us at the end of this month. He's just turned 2 and only just taken his first steps.
He's a bum shuffler and has done that since 15 months old. In the last month he's had a sudden urge to do more things like cruise furniture, crawl, climb stairs, stand unaided and finally taking his first steps unaided. He's always been able to weight bare though and could walk holding both hands since 15months. He's had multiple blood tests and examinations so far every thing has came back normal and nothing has been mentioned about hyper mobility but I've researched it and a lot of it sounds like my son. I'm know doctor but I'm hoping the physiotherapist will be able to tell me more and if she agrees with me because the doctor he's seeing at the moment is useless and doesn't seem to take much interest in my son.

Ah yes it was a physio who told us that my daughter had it. To be honest your HV should of picked up on it at his 9-12m check, that’s when we got referred to a physio!

There all useless around my area, or seem to be. It was my local GP who referred him for his delayed movement. I haven't herd from my HV in ages, we haven't been asked to be seen for his 2 year check yet 🙄

Mine are both hyper mobile but weren't particularly late walkers (both before 2).

DS, now 5, had issues learning to run as his hips and ankles rolled quite a lot. This was sorted with insoles from the physio. Also hi-top footwear and Birkenstock's in summer.

DD, now 3, is actually bendier but has more strength in her legs so never needed the insoles.

Lots of soft play and Gymboree type sessions really helped them get on their feet.

Both are fine now and DD is largely doing what her peers do. Both took long time to learn to jump, hop, and meet the gross motor milestones.

Good luck, sounds like you're getting a good service of care where you are.