Bum shuffler to genius?!

[Alibobster]

I've just read an article in a baby magazine which says if a baby shuffles on their bum rather than crawl this may indicate that they will have problems with reading writing and sequencing. This has worried me as ds never crawled, just shuffled although he was walking at 11 months What do you think?

My ds didn't bum-shuffle either. He just sat there until he started pulling himself up. Was totally immobile until then!

My sister was a bum shuffler and went straight to walking. She has an MA in something political that I can't remember the name of and was very academic.

Aloha is right, it's just one of the boxes that might be ticked if problems arise. It's certainly not a cause nor does it a guarantee of anything at all.

DS2 perfect example: crawled until about 22 months. Has DCD. Can read like a dream, can't write. Useless bi-laterality.
And he CRAWLED for almost a whole year!

My son crawled from the age of 9 months until he was almost two and half years old! He didn't take his first steps until he was nearly 20 months old.

He can read really well, but has problems with fine motor skills. We are seeing an occupational theraphist next week.

What I am finding a trifle annoying about this thread is that some seem to insuate that people with reading/writing problems are thick, ie the posts that say I bumshuffled and got a degree as if you have a problem like dyslexia then you are incapable of getting a degree.
The OP post mentions reading writing and sequencing not low iq's.

DS may have problems with writing but he his is very bright. Trog tests at 5 put him in the top 5% of the country for grammatical understanding and he got 96% for his science sats.His spelling and grammar do not correlate to his verbal and other skills such as maths.

Dyspraxia keeps being mentioned, but the OP is about problems with reading & writing connected with non crawlers, not physical problems from not crawling.

ReallyTired, I hope you get on ok at the OT next week.
Lucyellensmum, I don't think you were being aggresive at all and I totally agree with what you're saying. Mentioned this article when dh came home tonight. Turns out his sister was a bum shuffler and she's now a partner in a law firm

Lucyellensmum you are talking about dyspraxia which is not the same as dyslexia. We are not talking about children that have physical coordination problems, but children that have problems coordinating between the left and right side of the brain.

Neither me nor my brother crawled or bum shuffled - we both walked at 15 months. I have never ahd a problem with reading, writing or spelling. My brother was a bit of a slow reader at school (2 years older than me and I was only a couple of books behind him if I remember right )

DD1 didnt crawl either - she shuffled but in a funny kinda way - one of her legs tucked under her bum and the other pointing outwards and shuffled along that way - she did this from about 7/8 months i think and walked at 13 and a half months. She was an early talker, and is very clever for her age - ie does wuite difficult jigsaws that her 4.5yo cousin struggles with - dd is 3.

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christywisty.....absolutely!

Struggling with reading, writing and sequencing has nothing to do with intelligence

All the anecdotes about the degrees, people with dyslexia, dyspraxia and other conditions can also get degrees

The shoulder/hip girdle thing I mentioned can cause added problems on top of left/right/midline issues, as it can cause weakness and discomfort when sitting/handwriting etc

It is interesting that some non crawlers do have these issues and it is something to be aware of

And no one anywhere has said not crawling is a cause of any problems

It might just flag up a child may have some problems in the future (MAY, SOME being key words)

I think don't worry. occasionally this could indicate a problem but on the whole babies work out which method is the quickest for them. My friend minds a bum shuffler who is much faster than any of the crawling babies. Likewise if a baby can get from a to b shuffling faster than walking then thats what will happen until a problem presents itself so the baby needs to be higher up!

I think its silly to assume that a child who bum shuffles is likely to be dyslexic, dyspraxic or have low intelligence.

Admitally I have a long questionaire for occuaptional theraphy to fill out and one of the questions asks if my son has never bum shuffled. No he has not bum shuffled, but he has problems writing.

i do not for one minute think that people who are dyslexic are thick, nor people with dyspraxia. Not for one minute. However, reading back over my posts it does present that way so i am really sorry about that. I know that also dyspraxia or dyslexia are not co-ordination problems, again, not making myself clear.

I think there is a slight myth that dyslexics tend to be hyper intelligent. As someone rightly pointed out, dyslexia does not affect intelligence. So you can have thick people with dyslexia and brilliant people with dyslexia.

It would be better then to say, "i bum shuffled but had no reading difficulties, or i did or did not bum shuffle and i had reading difficulties but i overcame them etc etc"

Sorry if i have offended anyone, not my intention. I too have a bum shuffler and had/have exactly the same worries as OP.