ETA I mainly want some exercises I can do with Elle to help her to crawl. The docs have ruled out medical issues and things like ADHD can't be diagnosed until later so they say it's a watch and wait. The hospital say her development is well within the realms of normal and are NOT worried as her fine motor skills and language are advanced. They say she will walk / crawl in her own time. While I know that will happen I want to be proactive in doing things to help her and the hosp haven't / won't provide any help for us in that area.
Never mind...I thought PAFT might be able to help but I'll just go back to doing it on my own with the internet!
Is Elle up on all fours and rocking? This apparently is to get a sense of weight displacement and then once that is mastered they crawl.
One trick we were told to assist crawling was to put a towel under her torso to take a bit of the weight off her knees and see if she crawls then.
We did it a couple of times with Caitlin and she crawled pretty soon after that. But it's hard to say if she would have crawled then anyways with or without the help.
Just a thought - you could also try the same thing with her walking. Put the towel under her arms. She'll be able to walk around and it'll save your back too
Good luck for your appointment on Monday - Let us know what they say
No she isn't on all fours as she screams blue murder if we put her on her tummy or even if we show her how to get onto all fours and then face plants. She has great arm strength and pushes right up but doesn't pull her knees in at all.
I've been doing the towel thing for a while now. She was getting better at putting up with tummy time but now is back to absolutely yelling and hence the tummy time doesn't achieve anything.
Oh yes, she loves her exersaucer! She is totally over the jolly jumper now. She just loves to walk! She'd be on her feet all day given half the chance :)
Hannah only crawled for 3 weeks, then learnt to walk with us holding her hands... was still another 2 months after that before she walked by herself. You're right, a more mobile baby is usually more happy but not necessarily and I think the psychologist apmt is a good idea. Hope it goes well tomorrow
And btw you are a great mum, to do all of this for your DD
Yeap but it doesn't work on the carpet and our house only has very small lino areas. We do have a trolley thingy that she can walk with but she still associates walking with our hands and hence gets scared / angry if we leave her with the cart. She has managed about 10 step with it though.
Will let you know how we go tomorrow :) I'm hoping for a breakthrough but also REALLY hoping she turns out to be fine...a grumpy temperament would be preferable to an attention / behavioural / neurological disorder!
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