Crawling

January 16, 2001

In article <008b01c07fbe$8fb39a40$2d58893e@default>, Lynda Garland

writes

>Hooray, at last DS4 has started to crawl normally. He has been using some

>strange " humping " technique since 6 months old which, while very efficient

>as he can go wherever he wants at quite a speed, makes him look like a seal.

>Also my Mum has been really worried as she has read somewhere (back of a

>cereal packet probably) that if babies don't crawl " properly " there is a

>tendency to autism - has anybody else heard anything about this?

I think there is supposed to be a link between not crawling and

dyslexia, but I've never heard of it being linked to autism before.

Cath

January 16, 2001

Lynda:>Also my Mum has been really worried as she has read somewhere (back

of a

>cereal packet probably)

Sorry, but this made me ROFLOL!!!

Angi

PS. DD1 didn't crawl at all and DD2 did that humping thing for months!!

June 26, 2001

,

Our daughter with CF was behind on crawling...right after her first

birthday, we finally got her to crawl. She was behind in almost

everything as she wasn't diagnosed until she was 18 mo. old so she was

very small, sick and malnourished. She got on a program that was called

birth to 3 and we got help to cover the cost of this program...she

received physical, occupational and speech therapy until she turned 3.

This helped us tremendously, and she is now caught up with the kids her

age, and is doing great...she is very active, and can roller blade, ride

a bike, swim, run, talks just fine, and everything. So, don't get too

discouraged.

-mom of 4, one with CF, (7.5 yrs.) and #5 due in July with poss. CF

June 26, 2001

Hi there. I think that we used to wonder/worry alot about developmental

milestones.... and remember that later, after was diagnosed with CF

we wondered if the CF was why he was a late walker (18 months, perhaps 19

months). But, after having five biological children, in retrospect, each

kiddo just does things in their own timeframe. ph, our youngest, did not

walk at all until he was 21 months, and did not really fully walk til 22

months, but was running well by 23 months. He also did not crawl until he

was at least a year old. We did worry at one point about possible

developmental delays, but mostly because he was doing this back arching thing

constantly, and that can be indicative of problems. To see him now, (he just

turned two) you would have no idea that he was a late walker, its like all of

a sudden, everything clicked into place for him and he became a walking

talking machine, lol. Mallory was about 17 months when she walked, but we

were not worried at all at the time, because she did spend so much time being

held and carried and spent alot of that winter in the hospital or really sick

with something or another. So is it CF related? I have no idea...our first

born, Miranda walked at about 15 months, and our 6 yo was actually 13

months when he walked, and he is the only of our biological children to have

any developmental issues or hint of developmental delays (go figure!)

The experts/and books would say not to worry about walking at least til they

are 15 momths old.

Also, is there an adjustment to make? Was your baby early at all? We were

also told to account for that. was a 33 weeker, so you can subtract

those seven weeks, for example, when calculating age for expected

developmental milestones. ph, according to the OB's dates (by

ultrasound.....) was 31 and a half weeks, but with 7 kids, we know when we

got pregnant, lol.....or we think we know anyway, and our dates would put it

more like 33 weeks. Both of them did act alot like preemies in their dev.

milestones, even t hough they had no preemie related complications (I took

prednisisone for positive anticardiolipen antibodies during pregnancy, which

the docs said had the added benefit of helping their lungs develop early)

Anyway, its hard if its your first baby not to worry and want to

compare.....I do remember doing that with Miranda most especially. But they

do all do it in their own time, and if there were any kind of dev. delays to

worry about ,t hey would manifest in other ways that you would likely

recognize....for example, they might either have hypotonia (loose flexible

joints), or hypertonia or some kind of spasticity....if they had really stiff

legs or joints then it warrants a visit and discussion to the doctor, for

example.

some kids just like being carried a little longer, lol....(we blamed ph's

late walking on the fact that he did not need to walk, after all, he had big

sisters and brothers who would carry him anywhere he wanted to go, lol)

Take care and hope it all turns out ok.

Jen

Mommy of 7, including ph 2 with CF, Mallory 3 with CF, RAD, GERD, OSA,

port-a-cath; 5 with CF, port-a-cath; 6, Miranda 9, Mollie 8

with Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) ; Madison 5 yo ; also aunt to

4 yo with CF

June 27, 2001

,

I received your email it was very helpful i did put a call into a place

called early interventions it's alot like the place you said about, do you think

it's a good idea for them to help learn how to crawl and everything else

that comes along with that?He is doing very well with his cf he was diagonsed

when he was 2 weeks old it came back on his newborn screening, my first child

was 10 months when he started crawling,he is 9 now and he does not have cf.This

is the first case in either side of our familes. really acts like he

want's to crawl but when you put him down he does push himself

backwards,hopefuly that's the first step. well thanks for all the info talk

again later

Mom of 2 , one with cf,(11 months)

Good luck with your new little one.

Re: crawling