(LORI)I'm upset- need advice(FROM LISA)

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aitan went through the same thing!!!!! i never thought he would sit

and was told he was a month+ behind. at 8.5 months, he was barely

sitting. then a week later, he sat like a champ? go figure. a lot of

kids in our playgroups have been crawling since 8 months, so again i

was getting upset. my " new " doctor said " he's going to be late on all

his gross motor skills. he should be pulling up by now etc.... " i was

so upset. two days ago, aitan crawled across the bed. he all of a

sudden started rocking on his knees and i thought how cute, then the

next thing i knew he was crawling. he will be 10 months old on the

22nd.

its so frustrating to compare to other kids but we always do. the only

thing i can say is that sarah is probably doing stuff that other kids

cant. aitan has great fine motor skills. so i say....no biggie...other

kids are eating much better than him and will walk in circles around

him-for now....but other kids are other kids....and hes mine and doing

great going at his own pace. sarah will never know that she was a

little behind in a few years from now when shes running around the

playground.

if you really want to be sure, i would go out and get a 2nd opinion,

3rd, etc.... not all therapits are right as with doctors.

call me anytime!!!! and hang in there!!!!!

> is now a little over 8 months. She doesn't yet sit by

herself. She

> can sit up, but we have to be right there b/c she will topple over.

Also,

> although doesn't really like her tummy (ugh!!!!! we all know

the

> reasons why!!!), she will watch a video on her tummy and she does

roll over

> and sleep on her tummy. The problem is that when she is on her

tummy her

> arms are down and at her side. She wont keep them out in front of

her. When

> she rolls over, she keeps her hand down at her side, rolls over and

then gets

> it out from under her. We took her to be evaluated by a physical

therapist

> and she said that is like a 6 month old (she's 8 months). She

said

> that unless we do therapy, she'll probably be delayed in crawling

(which she

> already is) and walking. I wanted to know if anyone has experienced

this.

> The therapist said that she isn't rolling over " properly " because

of

> spending too much time on her back. This doesn't seem right, though

because

> she is on her stomach, but when she is, she wont keep her arms in

front of

> her (we tried toys, etc.) Most babies today don't like their

stomachs

> either, but they don't have this problem. I have been really upset

by this.

> The same day after the appointment we were at gymboree and one of

the babies

> crawled for the first time. The mother was so happy and the class

was

> clapping. I was happy for her, but sad that my daughter can't sit

up. She

> is the only one who can't sit by herself and the range of ages is 7

months -

> 10 months.

> Laurie ('s mom)