Re: Stubborn Kid

[Guest guest]

Oh, yeah? Well, my kid is more stubborn than your kid! So, there. Charlie is

still not walking independently at age 6. And that in spite of the fact that

his ever optimistic pediatrician has been predicting that he would walk any

day now ever since he was about 17 months. I've accused him of trying to set

the record for latest walking kid with Ds.

Charlie has had a " K-walker " for a couple of years now. I think how he uses

his walker has a lot to do with how well known he is at school. I'd walk him

down the hall at school on rare occasions, and everybody, well, each and

every staff person, including some that he would never have contact with and

whom I sure didn't know from Adam, would say, hello, Charlie, good morning,

Charlie.

Charlie usually uses his walker to walk from front door to classroom. Last

couple of years in two different school, his classroom has been farthest

removed from front door. Charlie turns into first open door he finds--and

then the next open door, and the next. Apparently gets to meet, and charm, a

lot of people that way.

These days, and hopefully tomorrow if it ever stops raining here in New

Jersey, Charlie uses his walker when circling the bases in Miracle League

baseball. But when he's in the field--played first base for first time last

outing--I usually set the walker aside and just hold his hands, and

sometimes let him sit and rock. Walking around house and going from house to

car or from car to stroller, we give him just a couple of fingers to hold

onto, sometimes just one hand to hold.

Left to himself, his favorite mode of transportation continues to be butt

scooting, though he is doing a lot more pulling up and cruising these days,

and getting into more stuff.

Oh, your 3 yearold may be as big as our 6 yearold. Charlie is about 42

inches tall but stays just under 40 pounds. A bit of a load for his mommy to

carry upstairs to bed but doesn't seem all that heavy to me.

Regards, Bob

[Guest guest]

My Nic didn't walk independently until 31 months old. He did the " bear walk " for

the longest time!

I know what you mean about the weight thing..80)

Di

Stubborn Kid

Nicky, age 3, started school on Sept. 29th. He's still not walking so

he's getting PT at school. On Tuesday, the PT brought a walker in for

him to use and he was zooming around in it, practically running.

Today, I went to pick him up and the teacher had written in his

communication book " Nicky used the walker today for half the day. He

became very stubborn after lunch and kept pushing the walker into the

wall so that he did not have to walk anymore. I was amazed at how

determined he could be. " I keep telling myself he will walk one of

these days but he sure is stubborn about not. His EI PT thought he

had all the pieces to walk but just couldn't see a good enough reason

to. Not quite sure what to do about it but at 39 pounds he's awfully

heavy.

Anne

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