My 17-month-old twins still aren?t walking?go ahead and judge
My twins are 17 months old and they can?t walk. I?ll give you a moment to judge. I don?t blame you. Most babies walk around the one-year mark. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it?s normal to walk between nine months and 15 months. But here are my boys, at 17 months, blissfully crawling around without a single attempt to take a step.
At their one-year check-up, I casually asked our pediatrician about it, expecting her to tell me that there was nothing to worry about. ?Do they stand"? she asked. ?No,? I replied. ?Pull up on furniture"? No. ?Take steps with a walker"? No. Her brow furrowed as she wrote all of this down. ?And are you showing them how to walk at home"? ?No,? I wanted to say, ?I?m crawling around the house.?
?Yes,? I answered instead, ?I believe I am.? She looked at my happy little one-year-olds with grave concern, then gave me a referral for physical therapy. The therapist studied my guys from head to toe as they wiggled and writhed. She rotated their tiny legs in and out, pulled them to sit, lifted them to stand, then shook her head as their wobbly legs flopped under them like ramen noodles. ?It?s their abs,? she concluded.
?Excuse me"? I said.
?They have low tone in their abdomens.?
?OK?? I replied, ?and how did they get that"?
She shrugged: ?It?s usually genetic.?
Got it. Thanks, I thought, sucking in my stomach.
Photo: Courtesy Jessi Cruickshank
We were prescribed immediate physical therapy sessions, two hours a ...
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