If she's not walking at age 4......

[ThomCat]

The physio just rang to say that she went into nursery to see Lottie today.
She said if in January she's not yet walking, as she'll be 4 by then, they'll really start doing things to really push her.

I know that's a good thing, but it also made me sad.

Sad becasue I know how angry / miserable / annoyed / upset it will make her.

I know the end result is the most important thing, of course I do and I must keep that in sight at all times.

Just wish she could do it on her own, and she didn't have to be forced almost.

Standing and walking obviosly causes her discomfort and and she finds it really hard and frightening. You just have to see her little legs trembling as she stands and edge carefully and hesitantly along the side of the bath. And when we make her stand and she says 'no, no, mummmy no'.

I want her to walk more than anything else in this world. I just wish it didn't have to be like this. I know it'll be fine, I know it's for the best, I know she'll get here in the end, I know it's all for the good of Lottie in the long run.

It just breaks my heart becasue I want her to have done it on her own, in her own time, without going through what I know she'll go through when physio and nursery start their intensive program with her in the new year.

If you could see her when she so much as spots the physio from across the other side of the room!
God it's going to be horrid.

Short term only I know, but - you know what I'm saying here.

Ahhh well, just look forward to me coming on after a, hiopefully just a few months of intensive, to say she took hger first steps. It'll be worth it in the end. Must repeart that daily as a mantra come January.

TC, I sent you a CAT.

TC - know exactly where you are coming from. Dd just doesn't want to stand/walk (sounds pretty similar to your dd Caroline5 - she is high kneeling and crawling but no more).

I find it the hardest hardest part of therapy to do with dd because tbh, I just can't make her stand if she doesn't want to. It's not even a case of not being hard hearted enough or disciplined enough, I cannot physically do it. She is a master at knee bending, feet lifting, whole body twisting etc etc.

I know I hope that she will do it on her own at some point, as she has with crawling.... but if she does have to have intensive physio I will hate it.

Might have to borrow your mantra then TC! it will be worth it though.... and just think how much more fun Lottie will have when she can walk. Hold on to that.

Cheers HITC, and nice to 'see you'

Oh the body twising thing! So there with you.
It's the splits in mid air as I try and get her to put her feet on the floor that make me laugh. Head right back looking up at me saying 'no, mummy, no', that's the bit that doesn't make laugh though, it's horrid.

Again, it's nice to know that you understand but I wish you didn't, iykwim.

TC x

Hello - oh yes mid-air splitting - dd does that one too.

Hi TC - sorry was offline yesterday due to phone line problems - dd has regular physio but I wouldn't say it is that intensive. Wish I could just wave a magic wand, but I don't think this is something which I can hurry along that much - maybe this is completely wrong, just not sure. I think dd's got to be mentally ready and then she will just do it (this is what happened with her crawling). Also know all about the mid air leg waving etc!!