5.5 not rolling

[Anonymous]

Mine was a lazy roller too, we put her in awkward intermediate positions that forced her to fix herself

[Anonymous]

Mine was a huge chunk and was not rolling at her 6 month appointment. Dr wasn't concerned, said we'd revisit at 9 month appointment. A week before the 9 month appointment, she rolled and within a period of literally the next 2 weeks she was rolling both ways, belly crawling then hands and knees crawling.

She's now 18 months and her gross motor is fantastic (walked at 12 months, now running and climbing etc)- we're actually more worried about speech now (no words).

[Anonymous]

Probably not an issue, but pay attention to milestones. DS had missed a few by his 9 mos check up (couldn't pull himself to upright, couldn't roll over), and I made a big deal about getting him evaluated. I also self referred to EIP. Turns out he was delayed enough to qualify for PT services, and now he really has no obvious delays at 4.5 y.o.

A lot of pediatricians will take a wait-and-see approach, but I also took DS to a development specialist who told me it was really good that I was paying attention and got him evaluated. Super early intervention can be really effective. I'm not saying this to worry you, as I said, DS is totally on schedule now. But I do think getting him PT very early made a big difference in getting him on track. If you are still seeing late milestones in a few months, there is no harm in self-referring for an EIP evaluation. I'm so glad I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably not an issue, but pay attention to milestones. DS had missed a few by his 9 mos check up (couldn't pull himself to upright, couldn't roll over), and I made a big deal about getting him evaluated. I also self referred to EIP. Turns out he was delayed enough to qualify for PT services, and now he really has no obvious delays at 4.5 y.o.

A lot of pediatricians will take a wait-and-see approach, but I also took DS to a development specialist who told me it was really good that I was paying attention and got him evaluated. Super early intervention can be really effective. I'm not saying this to worry you, as I said, DS is totally on schedule now. But I do think getting him PT very early made a big difference in getting him on track. If you are still seeing late milestones in a few months, there is no harm in self-referring for an EIP evaluation. I'm so glad I did.

alternatively... if there is no delay or difference by 4.5, probably they would have caught up without PT. DCD/low tone are not really issues kids grow out of. OT was fabulous for my DS (who rolled very late) but he will always have motor planning/motor skills issues. The point of EI is to keep the delays from compounding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably not an issue, but pay attention to milestones. DS had missed a few by his 9 mos check up (couldn't pull himself to upright, couldn't roll over), and I made a big deal about getting him evaluated. I also self referred to EIP. Turns out he was delayed enough to qualify for PT services, and now he really has no obvious delays at 4.5 y.o.

A lot of pediatricians will take a wait-and-see approach, but I also took DS to a development specialist who told me it was really good that I was paying attention and got him evaluated. Super early intervention can be really effective. I'm not saying this to worry you, as I said, DS is totally on schedule now. But I do think getting him PT very early made a big difference in getting him on track. If you are still seeing late milestones in a few months, there is no harm in self-referring for an EIP evaluation. I'm so glad I did.

alternatively... if there is no delay or difference by 4.5, probably they would have caught up without PT. DCD/low tone are not really issues kids grow out of. OT was fabulous for my DS (who rolled very late) but he will always have motor planning/motor skills issues. The point of EI is to keep the delays from compounding.

Well, he likely has sensory processing issues, but they aren't significant enough right now to warrant therapy. We have been told to keep an eye on things.

But thanks for telling me I don't know my kid.

[Anonymous]

Mine didn’t roll until closer to 7 month. Zero motor issues, I think she just didn’t figure out the trick. She walked at 9 months though and is athletic now.