Daughter is not reaching milestones

[Maureen80]

As most of you know, my daughter is 6. She is very independent and helpful around the house but I am worried because she still cannot tie her shoelaces or zip her jacket yet. She struggles with her reading too according to the school, I have noticed that too.

Should I be worried or is this normal?

Any ideas :)?

What have the school suggested

In regards to the laces and zips they just tell me to keep teaching her. Regarding the reading, they are thinking its dyslexia.

i assume tying a shoe/bows is tricky but what part of doing up a zip is difficult?
is it her vision? is it the angle looking down? is it her wrist strength?
if you have a big zip (like i have on my winter coats, the thick plastic ones) and you put it in front of her can she work it at all?
avoid a double zipper for now (the kind that go both up and down).

Not sure if it's her vision or due to the angle so it could be due to her wrist strength.

Dyslexia and Dyspraxia are common together, see your GP on your own with a list of your concerns and ask for referral for a multi disciplinary assessment.

watch your daughter and try to figure what it is then report back to the school as it may be a small part of something different (like dyspraxia).
www.nhs.uk/conditions/developmental-coordination-disorder-dyspraxia/symptoms/

DGD had a jacket from Morrisons, with a specially easy to use zip.
She learnt to do this easy one, and can now do any zip. Hth

As pp said, what are the school doing?

She's also only 6!

Fucking hell! Give her and you a break

Grrr sick of all these "labels"

@Marcipex exactly! Perfect ♥️

My 9 year old struggles with laces.

I don’t think laces and zips are milestones.

Has school said she is struggling?

Yeah, I did realise after I posted it that the wording of the title was not right but could not edit it :(.

todayiwin

Grrr sick of all these "labels"

You need to educate yourself. Labels are for suitcases. There are many SN and SEN which are medical conditions diagnosed by medical experts. Kids and adults who have them need real help, not disdain and disablist statements from people like you, their lives are difficult enough.

Medical diagnoses e.g. Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, ASD, ADHD, SPD, PDA and others are made by usually a multidisciplinary team of medical experts over several appointments. The medical diagnoses are necessary to identify any areas in which a child could need interventions to help them access the National Curriculum or an adult could receive assistance during FE or have reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

My dd is almost 8 and is very advanced for her age. She was talking at 14 months, reading and writing before school etc.

She still can't tie her laces!

Try not to worry, easier said than done I know but the worst thing to do is to compare our children with others ( which we all do ) as they are all so different.

Please speak to school to see if they have any concerns but I'm pretty sure if they did they would have approached you by now.
She's still only very young