This finger-walking 24/7 baby is going to be the end of us.

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Anonymous wrote:Our DD was exactly the same and she qualified for services for early intervention. Not sitting well at this age is huge missed milestone and also not crawling for a school of thought in child development.

Crawling isn't even considered a developmental milestone by many pediatricians.

There is now some research that suggests that crawling is important for brain development. When my DC was in EI, they stressed the imperative of crawling.

There is also research that shows crawling is important for fine motor development.

But correlation is not causation. There's no evidence to suggest that "making" or even encouraging a child to crawl will have any benefit. FWIW, mine never crawled because she walked at 8 months. And continues to be ahead in all areas of gross and fine motor development, including the things correlated to crawling.

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Realize the OP is probably long gone but am surprised nobody mentioned this at all: finger walking does not particularly help a baby learn to walk. I encourage those of you who walk your babies to look carefully at their bodies as they move. When finger-walking, their bodies tend to be stiff. With their hands raised above their heads, they are actually largely immobilized. Sure, it is fun for them, but a baby being able to finger walk does not actually tell you much other than that they can bear some weight on their feet.

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Anonymous wrote:My LO is the opposite - DOES NOT want help with anything. At 12 mos, he cruises and crawls, is thinking about walking. Since he was a young baby, I have rarely helped him with anything during playtime. I'm always there to catch him if he is doing something that looks risky, but I have made a concerted effort to not help him out. If he wants something that is just out of his reach, he has to figure out how to get it, to reach, go around etc. At Gymboree, if he wants to try to climb something, he can try, but I don't push him up slides/ladders/ etc. I just keep my hands close to make sure he is safe. I never finger walk with him. He's one of the smallest and youngest kids at his Gymboree class, but I've noticed he has fantastic motor skills and can hold his own with the bigger kids. I've seen parents pushing their kids up ladders etc and I feel it robs the kid of the opportunity to learn. I would steer clear of those body walkers, tempting as it may seem, because it sounds like your kiddo needs to strengthen her muscles, and a device like that is going to support your kid when her own muscles should be developing enough to support her.

Uh, ok?

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06:28 - I'm the original PP of this thread. Yes, DD is 3 now. Our finger walking ran from 10 months until 13 months, when DD could actually walk on her own. She, too, would scream and scream so loudly. I remember that being an awful period for us, I'm sorry, PP. We just mostly waited it out.

We did wind up having a mother's helper come in 2-3 times per week for 2-4 hours for several months. We were lucky that DD took to her right away. We think it was because she looked like me. My mom would just hide around the house and relax for a bit.

If you don't use any TV right now or videos, pop one on every now and then for some relief for you.

I believe she does have some issues walking that her pediatrician believes she'll grow out of naturally. PT is in the near future.

Not very much help, I know. My mom watched her until sometime the next year. If I was staying home at the time and had to do it all over again, I might have set her up with tummy time and some toys to crawl to and then escaped to another part of the house with some music. Maybe with a video monitor. Or maybe knowing all that I know now, I would have cut my losses and put her in daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:06:28 - I'm the original PP of this thread. Yes, DD is 3 now. Our finger walking ran from 10 months until 13 months, when DD could actually walk on her own. She, too, would scream and scream so loudly. I remember that being an awful period for us, I'm sorry, PP. We just mostly waited it out.

We did wind up having a mother's helper come in 2-3 times per week for 2-4 hours for several months. We were lucky that DD took to her right away. We think it was because she looked like me. My mom would just hide around the house and relax for a bit.

If you don't use any TV right now or videos, pop one on every now and then for some relief for you.

I believe she does have some issues walking that her pediatrician believes she'll grow out of naturally. PT is in the near future.

Not very much help, I know. My mom watched her until sometime the next year. If I was staying home at the time and had to do it all over again, I might have set her up with tummy time and some toys to crawl to and then escaped to another part of the house with some music. Maybe with a video monitor. Or maybe knowing all that I know now, I would have cut my losses and put her in daycare.4

I meant I am the OP!