baby development

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Permalink Reply by charlotte squirrell on February 7, 2012 at 19:33

Hi.  I found with Thomas that I did things later than I did with my daughter.  For example I delayed doing a baby massage course until he was 4 months old.  I tried one session of baby Yoga but that was a disaster, so never went back!  I have not tried swimming yet (he is 9 months) but hope to start soon.  You have to be patient with these little people, but they soon catch up.  He did very little tummy time as a young baby, but he is already learning to crawl and my daughter was also crawling at 9 months.  Just hang in there and find things to do that don't involve lying down!    

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Rawling on February 7, 2012 at 21:11

Matthew's gross motor skills (rolling, sitting, crawling, pulling up and walking) were all quite delayed and I've spent a lot of time worrying about it, although paed has never been too worried. In the end, he's done everything about 4m later than my older son, which makes sense as he wasted 4 months screaming, and at 20m he is running with the best of them and you'd never tell the difference. I'm sure Ryan wil catch up when he is comfortable enough to spend time learning. Try not to add it to your list of worries, easier said than done I know. Jen x

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Permalink Reply by Beth on February 7, 2012 at 22:24

I've wondered this too as although paed said he is very interactive and has great eye contact for a 5 month old I have been concerned about the tummy time issue. My LO doesn't go on his tummy very often (gets very upset) and I wonder if this affects sitting. I think Jenny's right though - best not to add it to our other worries! X 

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