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[quote=Anonymous]Crawling can be really tough for children with Ds. Some just skip it. Do you have exercises and techniques from Infants and Toddlers to work on at home or at daycare? I found the Patricia Winders book, "Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome" was really useful when we were working on early gross motor skills. I don't think my daughter with Ds started crawling much earlier than 12 months, but she walked at about 21 months and hasn't stopped since! Core strength is really important for crawling so lots of "tummy time" type exercises and "airplane" holds can really help. If you don't feel you are getting the work you need from Infants and Toddlers, you could supplement with private PT. We did and it has helped a lot, but our PT through Infants and Toddlers had very low expectations and a bad attitude so I knew that wasn't going to work.[/quote]
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