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[quote=Anonymous][quote]As long as the child is mobile by any means around the age of 12 months, there is no delay.  They can roll around, scootch, or skip to walking.  It is not a problem.  Crawling is not a milestone for a reason.  If you want to shop around for someone to work with your child to learn how to crawl, that is your prerogative, but I don't think that is healthy.  Your DD sounds perfectly normal[/quote]

Another thread where so many posters don't know what they're talking about (see Advice from Nurse Practictioner thread).  Two of my three kids have SN and those were the two that scooted on their bottoms rather than crawled.  With the first, the pediatrician pretty much said what you are saying - as long as he's mobile and going from point A to B, he's fine.  When the last child came along and was also scooting, we didn't think too much about it until a different pediatrician in the same practice indicated that crawling IS an important developmental milestone and research is indicating that a number of kids who don't crawl are later found to have developmental issues.  At his recommendation, we contact Early Intervention.  We're very grateful we did.  What we learned from the evaluations and through therapy caused us to have our first bottom scooter evaluated and he, too, had delays.  They're not apparent to most people because the kids are good at compensating but as they get older, it becomes more difficult for them.  It most certainly has impacted their handwriting.  They also have motor planning/coordination challenges that we are addressing through PT and OT.  [/quote]

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