DS started walking at 13 months old. He is 26 months old and still not truly running. It's more of a walking fast motion and he doesn't get very far "running" before he falls on his face. I have had our chiro adjust him a few times and that has helped a bit... because before we started the adjustments, he would do this thing where he was sort of running from the hip and he would sort of jut his right hip out as he "ran" (sorry, it's really hard to describe what he was doing... you'd really have to see a demonstration). Anyway, since getting adjusted, he's not doing the hip thing any more. But he's still not really running. I talked to our ped about it at his 2 year wbv. The ped wasn't overly worried, but said that he could refer us to a PT evaluation if I wanted it.
Well, I spoke to the PT over the phone and two things: 1) We can't afford the evaluation right now--even with insurance. and 2) the PT asked me to describe what he was doing and when I did she mentioned the possibility of flat feet and orthotics. I looked up flat feet in toddlers and every source I found says that toddlers are supposed to have flat feet and that children don't start really developing their arches until around the age of 5. So why would a PT say that flat feet is a possible problem in a 2 year old if it's really just normal development?
Well since that conversation and since we found out that we actually owed taxes instead of getting a refund, I have decided to put off an evaluation. But I'm wondering if any of you have had any experience with normal walking development, but late running development. And at what point would you be concerned about your dc not running?
Well, I spoke to the PT over the phone and two things: 1) We can't afford the evaluation right now--even with insurance. and 2) the PT asked me to describe what he was doing and when I did she mentioned the possibility of flat feet and orthotics. I looked up flat feet in toddlers and every source I found says that toddlers are supposed to have flat feet and that children don't start really developing their arches until around the age of 5. So why would a PT say that flat feet is a possible problem in a 2 year old if it's really just normal development?
Well since that conversation and since we found out that we actually owed taxes instead of getting a refund, I have decided to put off an evaluation. But I'm wondering if any of you have had any experience with normal walking development, but late running development. And at what point would you be concerned about your dc not running?
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