Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Aleksander is quickly coming up to the 6 months marker, and I was curious what milestones other CF babies reached, and when. Aleksander can sit up for quite a while without flopping, and also stands if we help him balance. He can't pull himself up to standing without help, but he can pull himself up to sitting if you give him your hands. We don't have to help him pull up, just provide resistance. He rolls over, but since he's started sitting up, he doesn't show much interest in tummy time. I also wanted to see if any other CF babies have had strange ways of 'crawling.' Aleksander seems to be trying to crawl while on his back. He almost looks like he's trying to do the crab walk. It is really funny, and I'm not really worried, just mildly concerned. When we put him on his stomach, he knows what to do with his legs, but he holds his arms straight out like they are wings on an airplane and arches his back. We try to put his arms in the right place, but he just shoves them back out, grins at us, and continues to move his legs properly and hold his arms like he's trying to fly. I know all babies develop on their own time, and we have to adjust his developmental milestones because he was premature, but some of the things he's doing are so bizzare, I thought I'd ask! He is going to the doctor on Friday for his 6 months check-up so I will ask her too but she doesn't really have any other CF babies so she doesn't know about some of the unique work-arounds these kids seem to come up with! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Hi , The clubfoot and DBB shouldn't have any effect on his developmental milestones at all. I can say from my own experience that my twins (one with clubfoot/DBB, one without) reached all their milestones (rolling over, sitting up, crawling, standing, walking, etc) within a few days of each other. Both were quite late with most things (eg they only walked at 17 months) which could be because they were 7 weeks premature but at least I know for sure that it wasn't due to the clubfoot since then the other twin would have been able to do things earlier in that case... Anyway, Alister (with the clubfoot) started crawling backwards at first and was quite frustrated when he went further and further away from his toys instead of closer... Then a couple of days later (with normal feet) started crawling 'GI Joe' style and managed to snap Alister's toys away from him. Not to be outdone, Alister figured out how to crawl forward 'properly' another couple of days later and was able to overtake to snap his toys back! It took another 4 days or so to catch up with that... After that there was really no difference in their 'crawling style'. But I think all babies crawl differently, I have seen babies shuffle on their bums instead of crawling, or my brother could actually walk before he could crawl... Good luck, with (*9/02) and Alister (*9/02, RCF, Ponseti method, in DBB) --- kannhoudek kannhoudek@...> wrote: > Aleksander is quickly coming up to the 6 months > marker, and I was > curious what milestones other CF babies reached, and > when. > Aleksander can sit up for quite a while without > flopping, and also > stands if we help him balance. He can't pull > himself up to standing > without help, but he can pull himself up to sitting > if you give him > your hands. We don't have to help him pull up, just > provide > resistance. > > He rolls over, but since he's started sitting up, he > doesn't show > much interest in tummy time. > > I also wanted to see if any other CF babies have had > strange ways > of 'crawling.' Aleksander seems to be trying to > crawl while on his > back. He almost looks like he's trying to do the > crab walk. It is > really funny, and I'm not really worried, just > mildly concerned. > When we put him on his stomach, he knows what to do > with his legs, > but he holds his arms straight out like they are > wings on an airplane > and arches his back. We try to put his arms in the > right place, but > he just shoves them back out, grins at us, and > continues to move his > legs properly and hold his arms like he's trying to > fly. > > I know all babies develop on their own time, and we > have to adjust > his developmental milestones because he was > premature, but some of > the things he's doing are so bizzare, I thought I'd > ask! > > He is going to the doctor on Friday for his 6 months > check-up so I > will ask her too but she doesn't really have any > other CF babies so > she doesn't know about some of the unique > work-arounds these kids > seem to come up with! > > Thanks! > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 , Just a couple things in response to your post. Jake took forever to learn to crawl, but mainly because he didn't like tummy time. We didn't force him to do it because it looked like he'd be uncomfortable in the cast/shoes and he appeared to hate it. As a result he didn't crawl until he was almost 11 mos old, and had been in PT (from the age of 9 mos) because he wasn't rolling over like he should have been. He sat up at 6 mos but was unable to go from lying to sitting on his own. So I'd encourage you to continue with the tummy time (incidentally we did a lot more tummy time with our 2nd child, and she as a result liked it more. She also started crawling as soon as she could sit up, at age 6 mos). You might try sitting on the floor with Aleksander, and putting him over your leg for his tummy time. That way you can put his arms in the right position. Sometimes that's more comfortable for babies too; they aren't so flat on the floor. Jake too scooted around on the floor on his back...he used his dbb as leverage to push off from the floor. It was pretty funny to watch but got him where he needed to go! Only problem was he wouldn't pay attention to where he was going and he bumped his head several times lol. Kassia 3/22/01 (Lt clubfoot, ATTT surgery April 2004) and 11/22/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Hi , Well did sit up and roll over at an early age but as for standing and crawling it took her a while. This was due to her feet not being corrected so she began to crawl at about 12months. She too crawled in her own way. She would sit on her bottom and scoot herself wherever she needed to go. She still does that but more the usual crawling. She is 17months today and has just started taking her first steps alone. She did talk at about 10months saying the smaller words like " mama " , " dada " , " no " ,and " papa " (spanish for food). Now she has finally started to move onto the bigger words but I think she prefers the baby talk. She has her own conversations with her dad in her own " language " . All I can day is enjoy it! Time goes by so quickly that the next thing you know you'll be chasing after them and wanting a moment of quite. LOL! All kids reach milestones at different ages but they are all unique and special in their own little way! and BL CF 12/16/03 > Aleksander is quickly coming up to the 6 months marker, and I was > curious what milestones other CF babies reached, and when. > Aleksander can sit up for quite a while without flopping, and also > stands if we help him balance. He can't pull himself up to standing > without help, but he can pull himself up to sitting if you give him > your hands. We don't have to help him pull up, just provide > resistance. > > He rolls over, but since he's started sitting up, he doesn't show > much interest in tummy time. > > I also wanted to see if any other CF babies have had strange ways > of 'crawling.' Aleksander seems to be trying to crawl while on his > back. He almost looks like he's trying to do the crab walk. It is > really funny, and I'm not really worried, just mildly concerned. > When we put him on his stomach, he knows what to do with his legs, > but he holds his arms straight out like they are wings on an airplane > and arches his back. We try to put his arms in the right place, but > he just shoves them back out, grins at us, and continues to move his > legs properly and hold his arms like he's trying to fly. > > I know all babies develop on their own time, and we have to adjust > his developmental milestones because he was premature, but some of > the things he's doing are so bizzare, I thought I'd ask! > > He is going to the doctor on Friday for his 6 months check-up so I > will ask her too but she doesn't really have any other CF babies so > she doesn't know about some of the unique work-arounds these kids > seem to come up with! > > Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 will be 6 months on Thursday, and Aleksander is way ahead of him. He rolls from back to tummy with a lot of work. He sits up if I balance him with my hands by his butt. He loves to stand and will bounce for hours. His muscles are very tight though which is hurting him, so I am not a good comparison I am sure. They were tight when he was born, and have remained that way because the bar inhibited him so much early on. He is doing much better, but I really think Aleksander sounds like he is doing everything he should be doing! 11/19 Developmental Questions Aleksander is quickly coming up to the 6 months marker, and I was curious what milestones other CF babies reached, and when. Aleksander can sit up for quite a while without flopping, and also stands if we help him balance. He can't pull himself up to standing without help, but he can pull himself up to sitting if you give him your hands. We don't have to help him pull up, just provide resistance. He rolls over, but since he's started sitting up, he doesn't show much interest in tummy time. I also wanted to see if any other CF babies have had strange ways of 'crawling.' Aleksander seems to be trying to crawl while on his back. He almost looks like he's trying to do the crab walk. It is really funny, and I'm not really worried, just mildly concerned. When we put him on his stomach, he knows what to do with his legs, but he holds his arms straight out like they are wings on an airplane and arches his back. We try to put his arms in the right place, but he just shoves them back out, grins at us, and continues to move his legs properly and hold his arms like he's trying to fly. I know all babies develop on their own time, and we have to adjust his developmental milestones because he was premature, but some of the things he's doing are so bizzare, I thought I'd ask! He is going to the doctor on Friday for his 6 months check-up so I will ask her too but she doesn't really have any other CF babies so she doesn't know about some of the unique work-arounds these kids seem to come up with! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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