taking weight on their legs
Hi ladies
Maiya will be 7 months on the 17th and was wondering whether it's unusual that she doesn't want to take any weight on her legs. I try holding her up and then walking her but she either just picks her feet off the floor or her little legs fold!! she can roll/sit unaided though. she is quite a big girl 18 pounds - maybe they can't take the weight!! she isn't crawling at all either.
should i be concerned? are there any games etc or things I can do to encourage her to use her legs more?? I read somewhere that baby walkers are actually bad for their legs so am a bit confused.
thanks
xxx
Maiya will be 7 months on the 17th and was wondering whether it's unusual that she doesn't want to take any weight on her legs. I try holding her up and then walking her but she either just picks her feet off the floor or her little legs fold!! she can roll/sit unaided though. she is quite a big girl 18 pounds - maybe they can't take the weight!! she isn't crawling at all either.
should i be concerned? are there any games etc or things I can do to encourage her to use her legs more?? I read somewhere that baby walkers are actually bad for their legs so am a bit confused.
thanks
xxx
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I dont think weight has got anything to do with it, Louise is 21lbs and can take her weight. It's just that all babies are different!
Louise started crawling at about 7 1/2 months ish but because she wanted and kept trying to! She learnt how to roll on to her tumy but couldn't roll back so started trying to crawl! If your lo can roll to things then she has her way of moving sorted!
If you want to encourage her to crawl, give her lots of tummy time. Also if you give her something to rest her tummy on it will encourage her to try to put weight on her arms. Put things just out of her reach too but I dont believe in doing that all the time as she needs to learn to play happily on her tummy too.
As for bearing weight on her legs - I think just play games/sing ryhmes where you encourage her to put her feet on the floor. and bounce. Dont worry about trying to walk with her - getting her balance is important first.
She will get there in her own time!
Just try to think about all the things she CAN do!!
So I really would not worry and leave her to get on with what she wants to do!!
she sounds like she is doing great. xx
He's 10 months now and though he CAN roll both ways, he chooses not to, he doesn't like tummy time and he doesnt crawl or cruise. They are advanced in different ways - Late walker early talker and so on - this has been true in Gabe's case, he's a lil chatterbox xx
Though I do know some children who are both - Gabes lil cousin was walking by 1 year exactly so fairly early and he chats a lot and says 'what's this' when he points haha (he's 15 months - though it does sound a lot like 'wha deese' lol)