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[quote=Anonymous]Just to be clear - this is not a competition thing, she goes to gymnastics only for fun, and I don't care if she's good at it. But I am actually a little concerned by how behind she seems in comparison to the other kids in her class. She can't do forward folds without just sort of tipping over, she can't pull herself up on the bars or rings, she can sometimes do like three steps on the balance beam before falling off, she doesn't really jump on the trampolines and instead just sort of runs, and just in general is so slow and tends to cause traffic jams with the other kids waiting for her to finish an activity. She is great at paying attention to the instructions but then just . . . doesn't seem to get it. She's definitely having fun, though.

She's never been a super physical kid. Like she was never a climber and we spend a good amount of time at playgrounds but she usually just invents some game with another kid and does more pretend play than physical activity. I'm just wondering if there are things I can do to encourage more muscle tone (the inability to pull up on the rings in particular seems concerning - she just hangs there). And am I going to sound nuts talking about this to the pediatrician? We have a well visit soon. [/quote]

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