Re: (to Bridget)gross motor skills

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Bridget,

You may have a fight on your hands to get services for your daughter in gross

motors skills, in part because she is still young but YES be concerned!! This

sounds exactly like my MiKayla who scored at 4 years old fine motor skills (she

was barely 3 then!) and yet had the gross motor skills of an 18 month old. She

has dyspraxia and hypotonia but it took a MEDICAL evaluation before the early

intervention would admit that she was delayed in the area of gross motor (and

thus offer her sensory integration therapy/OT). Our PT that did the medical

evaluation told me flat out that the score the EI had obtained for her in gross

motor skills had to be wrong based on what she saw. The EI listened once I had

medical evidence.

This definitely can impact her on down the road. My daughter has trouble simply

walking down the hall without tripping and/or falling. Until last Fall she

never rode a tricycle or bike, probably because she knew she couldn't without

hurting herself. She has had falls in our driveway getting out of the car that

were bad enough that I had to take her to the ER. Once it was a broken facial

bone....anyway, I don't know if your daughter is as severe but do be concerned

and watch her closely. MiKayla will never be a world gymnast (according to her

doctor) but we are feeling more confident that she will pull through this;

especially when she hopped on her bicycle last August and cried " It's too hard

Mommy " and I told her she just had to push REALLY hard....next thing I know she

rode around the neighborhood twice and then announced, " Mommy I'm tired. I need

a nap. " I cried at her accomplishment and I am finally seeing some major gains

for her. I'm glad she inherited my stubborn streak because she won't give

up...I pray she never will.

Good luck,

Tammy

[ ] gross motor skills

The balance question made me think of something I'd

like to ask you all. I'm wondering if I should worry

about my daughter's seeming lack of coordination. On

one hand, I notice she's not quite up to par with kids

her age, but on the other I think she still seems just

fine. She will be 2 in 2wks and has MANY

characteristics of verbal dyspraxia (her ST also

thinks she has dyspraxia). If not for the verbal

problems I probably wouldn't think anything of her

gross motor incoordination. She doesn't quite run yet

(looks really funny if she does try), she still crawls

up and down steps and she can't even begin to try to

jump. BUT, she met all of her other major gross motor

skills within a normal time frame (on the higher end,

but still within normal). Her fine motor skills are

excellent (ahead of schedule). She just seems so

baffling to me.

Anyway, there's a chance they will consider her

delayed enough for intervention at her next eval (in 2

wks). She was a little behind at her last evaluation

and hasn't changed since then. Is this something that

she would NEED intervention for? Is it possible she

has dyspraxia of gross motor skills? If so, would it

affect her throughout her lifetime?

It just seems that 3 mos ago I wasn't worried about

anything EXCEPT speech and now I keep finding so many

other things that I may need to worry about. I just

wish she would seem more " typical " of her age.

Thanks

Bridget