walking

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little_pain_intheass wrote: Mt 9 month

old son is also weak on the left side. He is able to roll.

I would like to know when do kids with PMG start to want to walk. Our

son also rolled as a baby. He never really crawled. The physical therapist

advised NOT encouraging walking, because crawling is very good for brain

development. Even without encouraging him he began cruising at about 10-11m

and walking at 13m. He ended up learning to crawl a little later, but he

definately preferred to walk. Is your baby in physical therapy?

Christy

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This has been a really intesting thread and reassuring for me!

Sophia only started crawling at 2.5 years and isn't pulling up yet.

She has orthotics on both feet which has been great for her

standing, which she can do with no support but holding on to

something. We're starting to work more in her gait trainer but right

now she mostly just pushes herself backwards, plus we have the seat

in. We're feeling really good about it though and hopefully she will

walk on her own eventually.

>

> Hi,

>

> My son evan is 2yrs and has bilateral perisylvan polymicrogyria

and he

> is progressing well. He crawls and has been doing so for about 1

year,

> he pulls to stand and has used a walker at his PT appts. I am a

member

> of a list for children with hemiplegia but most of the kids on

their

> had a stroke which caused the hemiplegia CP whereas Evan's BPP is

what

> caused his cerebral palsy. My question is that I was wondering how

old

> your children were when they walked(if they have started walking

yet)

> and did they use a walker and for how long? Don't get me wrong I

am

> very grateful that Evan is making the progress that he is and if

he

> uses a walker and never walks independently then that will be just

> fine, but I am just curious as to what other children with BPP

have

> done.

>

> Thanks

>

> mom 2 Evan 2yrs BPP, spastic hemiplegia CP

>