delayed..well, everything!!!
Hi,
I haven't been on here since i was expecting my little Emily & now she is 10 months old. Please forgive me if you think i am jumping to conclusions posting in this forum but i am really worried!
Ok, i know us mums find it very hard not to compare our lo's to others buuuut, my little Emily is so behind.
My HV has now refferred us to physio as Emily shows no/zilch signs of crawling or bearing any weight on her legs (i mean no weight, even in her walker she pulls her legs up) when i pick her up her little bones 'pop' & she seems more bothered to either stretch as far as possible or cry to get a toy!
Just was wondering if i should be concerned or not. It's a really strange thing but i always knew there was something different about her feet even from 4 weeks old! She can roll from front to back but as she hates being on her front....she's not likely to do it the other way!!!
Help really really appreciated
x x
I haven't been on here since i was expecting my little Emily & now she is 10 months old. Please forgive me if you think i am jumping to conclusions posting in this forum but i am really worried!
Ok, i know us mums find it very hard not to compare our lo's to others buuuut, my little Emily is so behind.
My HV has now refferred us to physio as Emily shows no/zilch signs of crawling or bearing any weight on her legs (i mean no weight, even in her walker she pulls her legs up) when i pick her up her little bones 'pop' & she seems more bothered to either stretch as far as possible or cry to get a toy!
Just was wondering if i should be concerned or not. It's a really strange thing but i always knew there was something different about her feet even from 4 weeks old! She can roll from front to back but as she hates being on her front....she's not likely to do it the other way!!!
Help really really appreciated
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Hope that helps xx
Trouble is i hang around with about 8 other ladies who have babies the same age as my little one, but i am finding all the groups have started to turn into a competition of my baby can do this!!! So, i'm finiding it harder to turn up to these groups...just don't want the ahhhhs & pity anymore. I just wish there were groups for parents with babies with slower developing motor skills!
Try not to get yourself stressed about it, easier said than done I know but if it is hypermobile joints then strengthening excersices given by the physio will help and she will learn to do things just at a slightly slower pace than others. My older 2 have hypermobility and they are 13 and 10 now and have virtually no problems at all now. Isaac on the other hand does have problems although he has other issues apart from the hypermobility but even that said the way to look at it is, that there are worse things it could be and at the end of the day your child is still your child and I know that despite Isaacs problems there is not a thing I would change about him becuase if I did he wouldnt be Isaac. Hope that makes sense, I am a bit rubbish about getting out what I mean to say, hope you get your appointment soon. xxx
I have had 2 years to get used to eveything now with lots of support from the group I go to as all the other mums are in similar position, so I am so much more confident at dealing with silly comments and or the pity/poor you comments too, believe me it will get easier for you it just takes time to come to terms with everything.
the difficult thing about dealing with you other mum friends is that you are dealing with something really big, the health and wellbeing of your precious baby, and you sound like you're at the very beginning of the whol;e situation which is the hardest part, it will get easier as you'll realise with the help of the physio that you are doing the very best for your baby.
I've even had comments from my sisters, we are very close and they are very supportive, but in the end they don't really know what it's like as non of their children have additional needs. I've had all the 'let him do it, he will learn, he's not a baby anymore ... and all that, I'm having some councelling at the moment too (service provided for carers) and it's helping me deal with things in a way that saves my sanity.
I hope everything goes ok with the physio, they are very good, make sure you ask loads of questions, don't be afraid to tell them what you think either, your input really really counts.
I've always found this forum great for support so don't be afraid to come back on this one if you need to chat or even just have a rant
x x x