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DS 11m not standing at all

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littlefrog · 28/02/2008 19:05

We?ve just been referred to the paediatrician because DS isn?t wanting to stand or take any weight on his legs. GP says his hips and spine are fine, but has never ever seen a baby like this before ? says they usually love standing, and that?s certainly been what I?ve seen with other babies.

Has anyone else had a child like this? What happened? What was it?

Part of me is completely unconcerned, because he?s a bright little boy, clapping and pointing and babbling and starting to understand what?s said to him, and part of me is absolutely frantic with worry because he?s not standing or crawling and has given up rolling (he rolled at 4 months, but stopped completely when he learned to sit ? at about 5.5months). He can sort of bottom shuffle, but he can?t get to where he wants to with it yet.

Please, does anyone have any reassuring stories?!

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tortoiseSHELL · 02/03/2008 19:32

Littlefrog, it's a worry isn't it. At 12 months ds2 wasn't crawling - he would roll to get places, but wasn't particularly 'mobile'. His legs seemed quite 'floppy' as well. He started crawling when he was about 15 months, and started pulling up to stand at about 17 months. He took his first 'step' (unaided) at spot on 20 months, but it is just the last couple of weeks at 21.5 months that he has 'got' walking. The HV was concerned that he might have congenital hip dysplasia, so he had an x-ray, but it was all fine and he was just lazy!

HereComeTheGirls · 02/03/2008 19:33

tortoiseSHELL - I am SO pleased for you that he has now "got" walking...it must be such a relief..I dream of that day!

soph28 · 02/03/2008 19:34

Hi Littlefrog,

just saw this and though it sounded just like my dd. At 11mth she refused to weight bare. If we tried to stand her up she would stick her legs straight out into a sitting position or just go floppy so that we couldn't hold her in standing. Like your ds she was bright, interactive and happy. She couldn't get up from lying on her back or from sitting and she started bottom shuffling just before 12mths.

She started pulling herself up to standing at about 15mths and started walking properly a month ago at 18mths.

It took her a while to get there and there were times when I wondered if there was a problem but none of the health professionals were at all bothered and she is walking and climbing really well now, and attempting to run and jump too!

I'm sure your ds is just not ready yet!

soph28 · 02/03/2008 19:36

oops weight bear

tortoiseSHELL · 02/03/2008 20:20

HCTG - you're right, it is a HUGE relief. I wonder if he had mild hypotonia, as he just didn't seem strong enough to achieve the 'physical' goals. FOrtunately the HV said 'don't worry until he's 20 months and not walking' and he took his first step on New Years Day, 20 months to the day old!

Having had two who were early movers (ds1 crawled at 6 months and was cruising at 8 months, although he didn't 'go solo' until 12 months, and dd was walking at 12 months also) it was quite concerning, and I'm still not convinced that there wasn't an issue of muscle tone, but in any case he is there now which is the main thing! My aunt said to me that it's worth remembering that later in life you don't have the age you walked branded on your forehead!

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littlefrog · 03/03/2008 12:53

Lots of messages suddenly since I was here last night!
The paediatrician had a good look at him and tested reflexes and stuff and said that as far as she could tell he was absolutely fine, and just likely to be a bottom-shuffler. Turns out that DH didn't move (crawl or shuffle) till over a year, so it seems likely it's hereditary. She said to ask again if he wasn't walking at 18 months, but not to expect him to get going very early.

HCG and NAB, I'm really cross I didn't see your messages before we went, because I would have asked about the flat-headed thing otherwise; DS has got a very flat back to his (enormous!) head, though none of the drs etc. that he's seen have ever commented on it (did they with you, or did you have to ask?)

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HereComeTheGirls · 03/03/2008 14:56

My health visitor noticed and referred us, it was very obvious though as it was on one side and her head was really wonky. Maybe you should go back to GP and ask about his head? Although when we saw a paediatrician we were told that it was just cosmetic and her hair would hide it, she was given physio just because her neck was stiff on one side.

HereComeTheGirls · 03/03/2008 14:57

My friends DD was a bottom shuffler and didn't walk until 21 months. Now she is absolutely fine and plays tennis at 4!!

Things are looking up marginally with my DD, today she crawled over to couch, said "stand, stand" and started trying to pull herself up, she got to her feet but fell down. That's a big improvement and relief though!

HereComeTheGirls · 03/03/2008 14:57

My friends DD was a bottom shuffler and didn't walk until 21 months. Now she is absolutely fine and plays tennis at 4!!

HereComeTheGirls · 03/03/2008 14:58

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littlefrog · 03/03/2008 19:41

HCG, v glad to hear about your DD, it's so great when they pass these milestones. DS is my 1st, and I'd not expected all the mixed feelings you get about these 'achievements' - when they happen alongside all their contemporaries they're so unimportant, you can't really see why anybody would worry about them; but when your child is 'behind' on things they take on a whole different hue. And it's not competitiveness, it's fear...
Will think about going back to GP/HV (tho our nice one has just retired), am feeling a bit medicked out at we spent both morning and afternoon at (different) hospitals...

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Frazzledwiththree · 04/03/2008 19:51

Have read all of the comments with great interest. My third shows no interest in standing, crawling or walking. She is 14 months and very content to sit and bottom shuffle about. But if she falls onto her tummy, she is then stuck and can't sit back up. I'm wondering whether we should look at physio now, or wait a few more months. My other two were all walking before their first birthdays!

HereComeTheGirls · 04/03/2008 20:36

Thanks littlefrog - my DD is my first too, and it certainly hasn't been how I expected!

goincrazy · 31/03/2009 23:38

okay so I come to you all for some help!!! Apparently tests can not find the answer so I am looking for those who have been there done that and can guide me with advice. My daughter was born 12 weeks premature. She had no surgeries or anything really traumatic besides needing much more time to develop! She is 19months old now and is still not holding her head up. There for obviously not crawling, walking, or talking. We have had an MRI done came back normal, we have had and EEG came back normal, several blood tests done came back normal and recently had a spinal tap done to check for a neurotransmitter defect and guess what....yep that came back normal also! When we hear normal we are suppose to get excited but I am getting to the point that I wish something would just come back with answers! Why can my 19 month old not hold her head up? The genetisis is waiting to diagnose her with hyptonia cerbal palsy so I come to you for answers!

Scarletibis · 01/04/2009 09:39

Hi Littlefrog

my eldest also didn't take weight on her legs until she'd just turned 1. My HV told me she would walk late - at around 2, but actually she walked at 15months.

monica59 · 25/09/2010 11:53

any news goincrazy

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