walking poll?

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Hi all,

I was wondering if there was a way to poll the members of this group

to find out what ages their children began walking. I don't know how

to do it or who can, but thought I'd ask.

My concern is that my son, Evan, 16 months, is not walking, nor does

he have any interest in it. When we try to hold his hands to get him

to practice walking, he picks up his feet and sits down. I'm

concerned that because of his plagio or maybe residual tort, his eyes

are misaligned and his horizon is tipped giving him a constant state

of vertigo. We've seen 3 doctors to check his eyes, with 3 different

opinions. One doctor said that because of his plagio, his left cheek

bone is somewhat flattened, pushing his left eye upward. I

personally don't see that his eyes look misaligned, as far as looking

to see that both eyes appear to be focusing on the same thing.

Another doctor said that what the other guy said was totally wrong,

that his eyes were fine and that we should come back for testing in 3

months. If there's one thing I've learned though this whole

experience, it's to question everything and to voice (loudly) your

concerns.

Anyway, I'm wondering if we set up a sort of long term poll though

groups to find out at what age our kids started walking, plagio

and non-plagio, we might be able to see if there is a trend for kids

with plagio have delayed gross motor skills, specifically walking,

compared to their non-plagio siblings. I think it would help me to

have a better idea of what to expect. I haven't read anything about

plagio and gross motor skills beyond the rolling over stage. It

might be an interesting study.

I'd appreciate your feedback.

Thanks,

heidi

mommy to Evan, 16 mo, plagio, tort grad, STARband 5/04, SanF,CA