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8 year old can't hop/forward roll/wheelbarrow

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tarbet · 26/05/2021 21:54

Hi
My 8 year old was a bum shuffler who didn't walk until he was 2.5. He's the top of his class and all that blah blah, great fine motor skills and great at maths/english etc. We always kept an eye on his development but today he was practically on all fours crawling over rocks and couldn't go up the side of a small sand dune without help. I've stood back, keeping an eye on it but not wanting to pathologise it (he's never going to be a sporty kid. he's a massive lovely dork just like his mum and dad!) and hoped he would catch up but he doesn't seem to be (school haven't said anything) and he's getting to the stage of becoming tentative about exercise and sad about it. Any advice?

OP posts:
Ostara212 · 27/05/2021 20:12

What's a wheelbarrow?

I couldn't really do a forward roll. I think I did it once and the gym teacher was amazed. My neck felt funny so I didn't do it again.

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