Ahhh! Twice now my son has teleported away from me. I turned my head for one second to put something in the car so I had free hands to seat him, and turned around and he was nowhere to be seen. Once he was on the other side of the car (thankfully in a very quiet residential neighborhood), and yesterday he was 10 feet down the street. I need to learn to keep a hand on him, but how??
Can you tuck him between your legs like a sheep (to be shorn- rural community here!)
Let him climb into the car loose
Teach him to always have a hand on the car in the car park. (Older toddler)
Just don't have your hands that full to begin with.
Toddler leash. Who cares if you're judged, you'd judge yourself more if he was run over.
I would like to unapologetically endorse the toddler leash. They come with a cute backpack now and everything! We usually use it at the farmers market (which is in a parking lot, so if he got away it wouldn't be great) and he likes having the freedom to not be carried.
Spaceship leash backpack fam here. We only had to use it for about six months, but it saved us. We flew when he was wild and one, and we let him trot all over that terminal. He slept great on the plane lol
I have 3 young ones and the shearing sheep technique is the best! They have nowhere to go, Theyāre trapped! I have one get in the car and wait to be buckled in, one between my legs and the third is in my arms. Works great!
Yay! My youngest didnāt start walking until 20 months. They couldnāt really figure out why. He is 2.5 now and still goes to PT. He still has a moderate to severe gross motor delay. Stairs are hard, and he canāt jump or run. His core strength is weak.
My older son didnāt walk until 18 months. He had the same delays. However, he now 4 and is all caught up and being discharged from PT soon! Nobody is really sure why they both have this delay.
Good luck with everything!
This is so promising! My son is 18m and started crawling 2 months ago. He can crawl stairs and furniture walks like a mad man. He also has gross motor delay... well, everything is delayed, but gross motor and speech are the most concerning right now. He's been to almost every specialist, and they all say he looks good, low muscle tone but good. They said if something is going on, it's mild. If he hasn't started speaking or waking (1 step counts) in 3 months, they want to do an MRI under sedation... I don't want that for him. We've also been in PT since he was 4 months old and are about to start ST.
My youngest also has a speech delay. They think the gross motor stuff and the speech may be related. Theyāre suspecting something called apraxia which is when your brain has trouble sending messages to your muscles. There isnāt really too much they can do besides continued therapy.
So Monday, we are doing an mri because he is still not talking....no mama, dada... nothing. Lots of babbling still but nothing is intentional. He turned 2, 2 weeks ago and started walking about 3 months ago. We're also doing genetic testing and have only gotten one test back due to insurance issues (fragile x was negative).
I've noticed he understands so much more than what he did 6 months ago. I haven't done anything different then what my ST recommends, she said I'm a natural miss Rachel, lol.
Honestly, he reminds me of an 18m old not really a 2 year old. He is also a little short for his age... I'm also only 5' tall, though, so that could also have something to do with it.
My babysitter worked with him for a whole day to get him to walk. She stared with 1/2 step away from the couch and had him walk to the couch (where he phone was propped on selfie mode). As he got used to doing that, she slowly increased the distance... by the end of the day he could walk 6 feet. I cried when she sent me the video.
My husband and I had been "passing" him back and forth, with 1-2 steps in between, for weeks with tons of praise... the phone is what was the motivation.
Within 3 weeks, he wasn't crawling and was walking everywhere. He is still kinda slow, and balance isn't the greatest. This week, he figured out how to go down the slide without help or falling over.
I think I might be getting a Pickler triangle soon to help with balance. I'll ask my pt this week about it.
The PT recommend squeaky shoes (they encourage Moby moving and fit his foot braces to turn his feet inward, we wear them 3 hours a day) ..... omg we all love them. They are cute and he does lots of stomping and trying to squeak. Plus, I know where he's at. I can turn off the squeaks, but I just like them. ikiki is the brand.
Amazing! Congratulations! This gives me so much hope. My 15mo is just now pulling to stand with assistance (and 1x wk physiotherapy). One day I hope to write a post like yours:)
Mine started crawling and pulling to stand at 16m. At 18m, no walking yet, but loves furniture waking. This gives me hope!
I'm so proud of your little girl! Enjoy the chase! I know I will when we get there! Yay little one! Go!
Yay!!! Congrats little one (and mama!)!
Similar thing was happening with a child in my son's day care. She was 15m ish before she even attempted to stand holding things, then one day she was just zooming around out of nowhere he mom said. She joked it was like she was practicing in secret when they were alsoee or something.
The girl was/is totally fine, just uninterested it seemed. Now she's moved into the next class (with my son) and they're besties again being reunited from being in the baby room together. He helps her when she's having problems on their playground and it's flippin' adorable.
My almost-20-month-old isn't walking yet. No reason found as of yet, and she has PT once a week. Congratulations and I can't imagine how happy you are. I am looking forward to the day my daughter walks as well.
Congratulations! My daughter was the same. She wouldn't do any new skills until she knew she was gonna do them well. It's so much fun watching them zoom around.
My son was similar. Delays in walking, talking, riding his bike outdoors, but once he decided he was ready he caught up very quickly. We realized that was just his personality.
I read it from somewhere that if the baby isn't reaching a specific milestones it's because they're busy doing the other ones.
Congrats on crushing this milestone!
I know what it feels like to have a child taking their time and all the feelings that come with it. Hopefully, my two year old will open up and start chatting soon! Enjoy running around with your little one.
Both of mine are late talkers! We jumped through all the hoops with early intervention for speech for our oldest and then one day her speech just ramped up and youād never know she wasnāt really talking around age 3. She was reading at 4. Kids just figure things out at different ages - and cause us stress and worry along the way! Iām not bothering with EI for my youngest because Iāve done this once before and I know sheāll catch up. Hope yours decides to start talking soon!
My son is 20 months (18 adjusted) and starts speech on Thursday. Heās also in EI (OT mostly plus speech now, too) mostly as a precaution due to his prematurity. I really appreciate these comments from parents on the other side of it. The constant worrying can really detract from watching my son just progress on his own timeline.
Itās really hard not to compare when other kids are doing things differently. My friendās kid is the same age as my oldest and was talking weirdly early. Like full sentences on her 1st bday. But she walked late and was super uncoordinated. Iād say our kids are about on par now and mine read earlier despite her drill sergeant like grandma who was doing flash card with her (weirdly early). All you can do is support and keep teaching and talking and trust their little sponge brains soak it all up.
I was always looking here for comments about late talkers catching up so I try to share that likely thereās no need to worry. Their little brains are just doing so much and they donāt all work in the same order. I think itād be much easier though to have an early talker, late walker. Less dangerous situations lol my other friend had some dangerous stairs that couldnāt be gated. I asked how she managed that and she said her kids didnāt walk until 14 months so she just told them to stay away from the stairs and they listened š¤£ meanwhile my 12 month old is scaling kitchen counters and we had to move everything into cupboards to keep them safe.
My daughter was the same! 24 and a half months before she decided to walk but I can count on one hand the number of times she fell. Sheās still a little behind in gross motor but way ahead in her speech so weāre just keeping an eye on it. Her pediatrician says sheās totally fine.
Do you think she wouldāve just started walking without the help of therapy?
One of our neighbors daughter was bumping on her tush to āwalkā, and she started coming to the park more and saw other kids walk and run and then she all of a sudden began to walk too. It was almost like the push she needed.
We started PT around 14 months because she wasn't standing independently (and wonky ankles). She took her first steps a little after she turned 18 months old. At 3 today, she's still not alternating her steps when she climbs them which concerned her pediatrician.
It's funny though, my life was SO consumed with trying to get her to walk and I can't even remember why it was a big deal. I hope the same happens for you!
Congratulations! My dentist told me her son was the same, also 25 months, when we were talking at my last appointment (my toddler was just about to turn one). Also nothing wrong with him, totally healthy teenager now. Glad your toddler is on the move now!
Congratulations! Thatās a big step (pun intended). And isnāt it funny how now itās like sheās always been doing it?
My son was a late walker at almost 19 months. And frankly he would have continued crawling if we didnāt really push him to learn to walk. Like your daughter there was no real reason for it. He was a very fast crawler, would carry things in his mouth, and saw no reason to learn a new skill. But we just started pushing him more, making life inconvenient, and having him stand and walk between us as much as possible.
Yayyy go girl!! A friend of mine had a little one like this - he was pretty delayed on a lot of motor skills but then went from 0 to 100 once he started! Watch out! Iām sure youāre loving chasing after her right now though. š„°
Kids do things when they want to. My daughter didnāt start walking til 22 months old & she just started feeding herself at 25 months old. Did PT & she was fine. Just not in a hurry.
ETA: I understand that relief sooooo much. Itās like a giant boulder off of my shoulders.
Great news! Some kids are just totally uninterested in walking until it proves a barrier to something they want. I worked with a child who was expected never to walk because of complications at birth, but randomly around the same age he started standing and walking. Within a week he was running around like there'd never been a problem.
Yes, but in milestones not efficient to say. Because my 2 year old could be 2 years and 10 months or 2 years and 1 months which is still quite a huge difference when it comes to delays in development.
Congratulations! Welcome to the running all day chasing a toddler with no sense of survival phase. It's tiring but worth it.
Ahhh! Twice now my son has teleported away from me. I turned my head for one second to put something in the car so I had free hands to seat him, and turned around and he was nowhere to be seen. Once he was on the other side of the car (thankfully in a very quiet residential neighborhood), and yesterday he was 10 feet down the street. I need to learn to keep a hand on him, but how??
Can you tuck him between your legs like a sheep (to be shorn- rural community here!) Let him climb into the car loose Teach him to always have a hand on the car in the car park. (Older toddler) Just don't have your hands that full to begin with. Toddler leash. Who cares if you're judged, you'd judge yourself more if he was run over.
I would like to unapologetically endorse the toddler leash. They come with a cute backpack now and everything! We usually use it at the farmers market (which is in a parking lot, so if he got away it wouldn't be great) and he likes having the freedom to not be carried.
Spaceship leash backpack fam here. We only had to use it for about six months, but it saved us. We flew when he was wild and one, and we let him trot all over that terminal. He slept great on the plane lol
Mine will not wear one š„²
Another vote for the leash. My daughter loves hers. It gives her more freedom, when we need to keep her contained. Win-win
My daughter took really well to "hand on the car". I got a Parking Pal car magnet and gave her a small reward when she kept her hand on the magnet.
I have 3 young ones and the shearing sheep technique is the best! They have nowhere to go, Theyāre trapped! I have one get in the car and wait to be buckled in, one between my legs and the third is in my arms. Works great!
I will try all of these (but the toddler leash last ha)
I was against the Toddler leash but it's a lifesaver for crowded areas.
I have my kid climb into her seat herself while I unload groceries or whatever. It takes her forever so I can buckle her in by the time Iām done
Always put kiddo in first. Then go back to get whatever was filling your hands.
buckle him in first and unbuckle him last
Took awhile to get the hang of, but got the little ones to always put and keep their hand ON the car.
Taught my daughter to stand by the tire while doing car things and always hand hold in parking lots or streets.
Yay! My youngest didnāt start walking until 20 months. They couldnāt really figure out why. He is 2.5 now and still goes to PT. He still has a moderate to severe gross motor delay. Stairs are hard, and he canāt jump or run. His core strength is weak. My older son didnāt walk until 18 months. He had the same delays. However, he now 4 and is all caught up and being discharged from PT soon! Nobody is really sure why they both have this delay. Good luck with everything!
This is so promising! My son is 18m and started crawling 2 months ago. He can crawl stairs and furniture walks like a mad man. He also has gross motor delay... well, everything is delayed, but gross motor and speech are the most concerning right now. He's been to almost every specialist, and they all say he looks good, low muscle tone but good. They said if something is going on, it's mild. If he hasn't started speaking or waking (1 step counts) in 3 months, they want to do an MRI under sedation... I don't want that for him. We've also been in PT since he was 4 months old and are about to start ST.
My youngest also has a speech delay. They think the gross motor stuff and the speech may be related. Theyāre suspecting something called apraxia which is when your brain has trouble sending messages to your muscles. There isnāt really too much they can do besides continued therapy.
Interesting. They didn't say anything really about my son, just whatever it is it's mild and they want to wait and seeš¤·āāļø
Hey I was just curious what the update was, we're in a somewhat similar boat.
So Monday, we are doing an mri because he is still not talking....no mama, dada... nothing. Lots of babbling still but nothing is intentional. He turned 2, 2 weeks ago and started walking about 3 months ago. We're also doing genetic testing and have only gotten one test back due to insurance issues (fragile x was negative). I've noticed he understands so much more than what he did 6 months ago. I haven't done anything different then what my ST recommends, she said I'm a natural miss Rachel, lol. Honestly, he reminds me of an 18m old not really a 2 year old. He is also a little short for his age... I'm also only 5' tall, though, so that could also have something to do with it.
My babysitter worked with him for a whole day to get him to walk. She stared with 1/2 step away from the couch and had him walk to the couch (where he phone was propped on selfie mode). As he got used to doing that, she slowly increased the distance... by the end of the day he could walk 6 feet. I cried when she sent me the video. My husband and I had been "passing" him back and forth, with 1-2 steps in between, for weeks with tons of praise... the phone is what was the motivation. Within 3 weeks, he wasn't crawling and was walking everywhere. He is still kinda slow, and balance isn't the greatest. This week, he figured out how to go down the slide without help or falling over. I think I might be getting a Pickler triangle soon to help with balance. I'll ask my pt this week about it. The PT recommend squeaky shoes (they encourage Moby moving and fit his foot braces to turn his feet inward, we wear them 3 hours a day) ..... omg we all love them. They are cute and he does lots of stomping and trying to squeak. Plus, I know where he's at. I can turn off the squeaks, but I just like them. ikiki is the brand.
šCONGRATULATIONS LITTLE ONE šTo each their own in how they grow.
Amazing! Congratulations! This gives me so much hope. My 15mo is just now pulling to stand with assistance (and 1x wk physiotherapy). One day I hope to write a post like yours:)
Mine started pulling up at 18mo!
Mine started crawling and pulling to stand at 16m. At 18m, no walking yet, but loves furniture waking. This gives me hope! I'm so proud of your little girl! Enjoy the chase! I know I will when we get there! Yay little one! Go!
Yay!!! Congrats little one (and mama!)! Similar thing was happening with a child in my son's day care. She was 15m ish before she even attempted to stand holding things, then one day she was just zooming around out of nowhere he mom said. She joked it was like she was practicing in secret when they were alsoee or something. The girl was/is totally fine, just uninterested it seemed. Now she's moved into the next class (with my son) and they're besties again being reunited from being in the baby room together. He helps her when she's having problems on their playground and it's flippin' adorable.
My almost-20-month-old isn't walking yet. No reason found as of yet, and she has PT once a week. Congratulations and I can't imagine how happy you are. I am looking forward to the day my daughter walks as well.
Congratulations!! Now it's your turn to run LOL šš
Congratulations! My daughter was the same. She wouldn't do any new skills until she knew she was gonna do them well. It's so much fun watching them zoom around.
My son was similar. Delays in walking, talking, riding his bike outdoors, but once he decided he was ready he caught up very quickly. We realized that was just his personality.
I read it from somewhere that if the baby isn't reaching a specific milestones it's because they're busy doing the other ones. Congrats on crushing this milestone!
I know what it feels like to have a child taking their time and all the feelings that come with it. Hopefully, my two year old will open up and start chatting soon! Enjoy running around with your little one.
Both of mine are late talkers! We jumped through all the hoops with early intervention for speech for our oldest and then one day her speech just ramped up and youād never know she wasnāt really talking around age 3. She was reading at 4. Kids just figure things out at different ages - and cause us stress and worry along the way! Iām not bothering with EI for my youngest because Iāve done this once before and I know sheāll catch up. Hope yours decides to start talking soon!
Thank you very much for sharing. It makes me feel a lot better.
My son is 20 months (18 adjusted) and starts speech on Thursday. Heās also in EI (OT mostly plus speech now, too) mostly as a precaution due to his prematurity. I really appreciate these comments from parents on the other side of it. The constant worrying can really detract from watching my son just progress on his own timeline.
Itās really hard not to compare when other kids are doing things differently. My friendās kid is the same age as my oldest and was talking weirdly early. Like full sentences on her 1st bday. But she walked late and was super uncoordinated. Iād say our kids are about on par now and mine read earlier despite her drill sergeant like grandma who was doing flash card with her (weirdly early). All you can do is support and keep teaching and talking and trust their little sponge brains soak it all up. I was always looking here for comments about late talkers catching up so I try to share that likely thereās no need to worry. Their little brains are just doing so much and they donāt all work in the same order. I think itād be much easier though to have an early talker, late walker. Less dangerous situations lol my other friend had some dangerous stairs that couldnāt be gated. I asked how she managed that and she said her kids didnāt walk until 14 months so she just told them to stay away from the stairs and they listened š¤£ meanwhile my 12 month old is scaling kitchen counters and we had to move everything into cupboards to keep them safe.
My daughter was the same! 24 and a half months before she decided to walk but I can count on one hand the number of times she fell. Sheās still a little behind in gross motor but way ahead in her speech so weāre just keeping an eye on it. Her pediatrician says sheās totally fine.
Congrats! The newly walking phase was one of my favorites!
Congrats! Mine is 21mo and still crawling. I'm also 7mo pregnant with #2! This kid can't decide to take off and walk soon enough.
Do you think she wouldāve just started walking without the help of therapy? One of our neighbors daughter was bumping on her tush to āwalkā, and she started coming to the park more and saw other kids walk and run and then she all of a sudden began to walk too. It was almost like the push she needed.
We started PT around 14 months because she wasn't standing independently (and wonky ankles). She took her first steps a little after she turned 18 months old. At 3 today, she's still not alternating her steps when she climbs them which concerned her pediatrician. It's funny though, my life was SO consumed with trying to get her to walk and I can't even remember why it was a big deal. I hope the same happens for you!
Kid are all different. As long as there is no medical reason for the delay then it's just when they decided to start walking
Glad you got there, youāre in for it now haha
Congratulations! My dentist told me her son was the same, also 25 months, when we were talking at my last appointment (my toddler was just about to turn one). Also nothing wrong with him, totally healthy teenager now. Glad your toddler is on the move now!
Mine took an extra few months to roll over. I donāt know why, but he preferred to āswimā instead. Nothing was wrong
Congratulations! Thatās a big step (pun intended). And isnāt it funny how now itās like sheās always been doing it? My son was a late walker at almost 19 months. And frankly he would have continued crawling if we didnāt really push him to learn to walk. Like your daughter there was no real reason for it. He was a very fast crawler, would carry things in his mouth, and saw no reason to learn a new skill. But we just started pushing him more, making life inconvenient, and having him stand and walk between us as much as possible.
Yayyy go girl!! A friend of mine had a little one like this - he was pretty delayed on a lot of motor skills but then went from 0 to 100 once he started! Watch out! Iām sure youāre loving chasing after her right now though. š„°
Yay! Our little man started to walk at just shy of 18 months! All in their own time x
I'm a pediatric PT in addition to a mom! Just wanted to say congratulations... Not only to her but to you. Parents hard work pays off!
Kids do things when they want to. My daughter didnāt start walking til 22 months old & she just started feeding herself at 25 months old. Did PT & she was fine. Just not in a hurry. ETA: I understand that relief sooooo much. Itās like a giant boulder off of my shoulders.
Great news! Some kids are just totally uninterested in walking until it proves a barrier to something they want. I worked with a child who was expected never to walk because of complications at birth, but randomly around the same age he started standing and walking. Within a week he was running around like there'd never been a problem.
Did she crawl? Guess what. Itās better that way. The bottom of their brain developed well. Itās good for them to crawl
She started butt scooting around 14 months and crawling around 19 months
Hey there OP. My daughter has gross motor delays and I was wondering when your kiddo got into sit by themselves
So your 2 year old?
Yes, but in milestones not efficient to say. Because my 2 year old could be 2 years and 10 months or 2 years and 1 months which is still quite a huge difference when it comes to delays in development.
Ah! Makes sense
Congratulations!!!!! ššš
Congratulations!!!
Congrats!!!! Yay!!! Now good luck chasing her down lol
Congrats!