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Tammy (Sympathetic)
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Date Posted: 10:45:42 10/09/07 Tue
Kellie,
When my daughter was a baby, lots of people worried that she didn't walk before she turned a year old. She pretty much did the GI Joe crawl when she needed to get somewhere she couldn't get to on her own. She would walk holding someone's hand after she turned about a year old, but she didn't walk by herself until 15 months old. When she did start walking, she seemed to fall a lot.
My pediatrician (bless his heart) kept telling me it was nothing to worry about. From about six months old to when she started to walk, she was in the top 25% of her weight group (but not height). Then, from the time she was walking, she was always in the top 25% of her height group (but not weight).
My doctor said he had three girls that were all tall, and they kind of had the same "disadvantage" when learning to walk. Sometimes as they get taller, it just takes a while for them to learn to balance everything.
As a parent, you hate to see them fall, so it's easy to keep wanting to scoop them up. Plus, it's hard not to want to hold them all the time when they're all hugs, kisses and smiles.
When my daughter did start walking on her own, it's like she had been doing it forever. Just took off out of her little chair to go to her grandmother. She did that just like she's done every other milestone since then - on her own schedule.
My daughter is now 19 years old, 5',11" and about 125 lbs. She is (thank God) perfectly healthy. She's also extremely bright, independent (aka hard-headed) and strong-willed. Those were the signs I should have seen that were there all along INSTEAD OF the potential "what if's".
I know it's extremely hard, but try to be patient, and just let Emma Kellie come into her own on her own time. Enjoy the little moments that are all too fleeting. If (God forbid) there is something medically "wrong", your faith, family and friends will sustain you. Before you know it, you'll blink and she'll be all grown-up.
All my best!
Tammy
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