My 4.5 year old has always been a bit on the clumsy side. My MIL bumps into things often and we joke that they are so similar.
I always thought she'd grow out of it over time, but was always aware that her peers seemed so much more 'sturdy' on their feet.
I now have an 18 month old and have noticed just how striking this clumsiness is! For example if both children are running down a hill, I know my older one will fall over, but the 18 month old will make it down 90% of the time without incident.
Other things she does is bumping into objects, like car wing mirrors when walking down the driveway.
She struggles to ride a bike, but I haven't encouraged too much bike riding, so maybe that's my fault. She also can't go a scooter very well.
I'm not sure how her fine motor skills fair. She can write her first name reasonably well, getting a couple letters mixed up. She can't read or write anything else. She draws circles and puts faces on them, but doesn't happily draw things. For example if I asked her to draw a house or dog she would say she can't do it and get frustrated.
She can identify shapes easily, but couldn't draw one.
I guess my main question is, should I see a GP or is this just normal?
I have an appointment with an optician for her to rule any visual problems out.
Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Biscusting · 16/05/2017 21:32
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