Motor development, heightB is also close to being off the charts for height. He is over 95th percentile, but he is thin due to his picky eating. Now his motor skills have always been "off". I never really chalked it up to ASD anymore than I did his size. In other words, I've always assumed he was so big so he would just be clumsy. It totally depends on genetics. My son has always been taller and did look older when he was really young. Now at 9y--his face to me looks younger, but he still has "daddy's" 6'4" height. My youngest who is 7y has always been very tall and everyone has thought she was the age of my son--2 years ahead of her grade. Then I have my oldest who just turned 14y and 100% of total strangers think she is at least 16-17y. My 12y hasn't hit puberty yet and she is 5'0" and in size 10 womens shoe! She has always looked years younger. And acts very young. Lots of disabilities. I was just wondering...I've been observing kids that go to Em's kindergarten. Most five year olds I've seen are much much taller than him. Also he looks so young-Today I was waiting for him to come out of the playrooms, and a bunch of 2-3 year olds came out, and then Em in the middle-he was about the same height than most of them and looked the same age How about motor skills? Did your kids walk at a normal age? When did they sit on their own? Did they crawl? I know the milestones for typical kids, but I was wondering if slow motor development was something that happens a lot with kids on the spectrum? Em can't really sit on a chair on his own, his balance is just way off, he usually leans on one side and falls off if you don't catch him. He can't walk up or down the stairs without holding onto something. If he runs, his hands go everywhere and he can fall very quickly. Jumping, catching a ball, forget it. We've been to the doctor, who says he's 'slow' and has a poor muscle tone. We do excercises daily for about two years and nothing seems to improve. Any ideas? It's freaking me out a bit, a five year old who can't sit on a chair properly, has no balance...could it be something else? Anyone? I'm really quite worried now. My oldest son is off the charts for both height and weight. He is so tall that he towers over most of the second and third graders so people always assume that he is much older than six. He actually rolled quite late and went right from rolling and crawling to walking by the time he was nine months. He still has poor motor control and can't sit in a chair or on the floor cross-legged unless he has his hands down or something to support him. My youngest on the other hand is super small weighing in at about 30 pounds and is about 50% for height. He actually doesn't have many problems with the major motor muscles instead he has issues with the fine motor muscles. He did everything normal until he was about 16 months old and then we started seeing problems. I do think it's a common thing, but like with autism being a spectrum disease it does affect every child a little differently. Well actually my kid has always looked taller and older than he is. According to charts he is in ther 50-75th percentile for height but people always comment on how very tall he is? I think it might be his huge mellon (100+percentile) that makes him look bigger.vc But I know what you mean. Almost all asd kids I know either look younger or older than their age. I am not sure if hormones get produced at a different rate or time or something else. [QUOTE=Frost] I was just wondering...I've been observing kids that go to Em's kindergarten. Most five year olds I've seen are much much taller than him. Also he looks so young-Today I was waiting for him to come out of the playrooms, and a bunch of 2-3 year olds came out, and then Em in the middle-he was about the same height than most of them and looked the same age How about motor skills? Did your kids walk at a normal age? When did they sit on their own? Did they crawl? I know the milestones for typical kids, but I was wondering if slow motor development was something that happens a lot with kids on the spectrum? Em can't really sit on a chair on his own, his balance is just way off, he usually leans on one side and falls off if you don't catch him. He can't walk up or down the stairs without holding onto something. If he runs, his hands go everywhere and he can fall very quickly. Jumping, catching a ball, forget it. We've been to the doctor, who says he's 'slow' and has a poor muscle tone. We do excercises daily for about two years and nothing seems to improve. Any ideas? It's freaking me out a bit, a five year old who can't sit on a chair properly, has no balance...could it be something else? Anyone? I'm really quite worried now. [/QUOTE] My daughter is much bigger than kids her age. She has been since 6 weeks of age. She was 40lbs by 18months. My daughter walked at 14 months. She crawled and pulled up the same day at 7months, I cant remember how old she was when she sat but it was normal. Her language was always behind but she developed typically until 12 months. then she regressed. She also did alot of OT to work with her on large motor skills she was much better with fine motor and has always been advanced. My son on the other hand is advrage all the way accross the board height and weight wise. though now his weight is in the 30th percentile. He walked at 15 months sat and crawed by 7 months. He developed typically until 18months then he regressed. He has only been jumping for 3 months and he cannot do stairs standing. He crawls up them as fast as he can but cannot go down them. He has a ton of sensory issues so its hard to work with him on things. I hoped this helped. Have you thought about PT for him? Not sure how PT works in the States, here you have got to have a permanent diagnosis that qualifies for pt-like cerebral palsy or something similar. We only get a sort of gym program-not full pt, but it includes coming to gym each week, swimming pool excercise and a therapist doing some muscle excercises. Then they write a report-you get 3 months of this, then you have to go to the pediatrician again and beg for new services. Developmental delays do not get full pt, unless they are closely associated with poor motor function. Plus, the closest clinic for these servicer with good profesionals is a two hour drive from us-we went for those 3 months, then did the excercises at home. Swimming was great for him, but he's terrified of water right now, so it's not an option.
Have you been able to take Em to a genetisist, I can see why you would be worried, and someone should be able to give you more answers than what you're getting. Zach is very big for his age, and even though his gross motor skills are behind, they are still much farther ahead than you're describing. Good luck. I've been reading something about different types of muscular distrophy-I try not to, because I know I'll only make myself a nervous wreck, but I can't help it. If I read the symptoms I can find lots of things-like Gowers' sign-he does that to get up, always. Muscle weakness-but then again this is not sudden, he's always had poor muscle tone. Poor balance, frequent falls, gait issues...but again, this is not new, it just doesn't improve. It doesn't get any worse neither, I think I only notice it more because he's getting older. One thing that does worry me is that there's respiratory difficulty listed-and he has had trouble breathing for the past half of year-has been tested for asthma, but he doesn't have it. He has no allergies, and it's winter. Maybe cold air? I have asthma and have difficulty breathing in cold dry air sometimes...He's been on testing about a month ago, maybe we should take him again? He doesn't have difficulty breathing after doing excercises, it just happens out of the blue, before sleep, or while watching tv, nothing really connected. Right, freaking out now, sorry...If anyone has ideas, I'd be happy to hear them. Genetisist, not easy to get it done here.We have an appointment with his pediatrician in two weeks, I'll see what can be done. My dd is 5 1/2 and in kindergarten. She is one of the tallest in her class and is slim. She developed all her milestones on time. Her large motor has always been good and her fine motor not so much. She did qualify for o.t. in school 30 min a week at 3 and now I have pushed for 30 x 2 a week. Her fine motor is improving. ttfn (cis) My ds has always been short for his age. I don't use the word "small" because unfortunately he's overweight now, but that wasn't always so. He was delayed in all of the milestones, sitting, crawling, walking, etc. He had poor gross and fine motor skills. I was unable to get pt/ot for him until he began school, and then still another year and a half after. He now has had both for about 7 years, and there has been a big improvement in his gross motor skills, but his fine skills are still delayed. He will be 13 next month, and cannot snap, button, zip, or tie his own articles of clothing or open packages, drinks, etc. He can throw a ball (not on his level), runs fairly well now, etc. Last fall we bought a trampoline in hopes of getting more exercise for him since he is overweight. He loves it, and it has helped tremendously with his balance and leg strength. His pedi wasn't thrilled about it, said walking was better. Probably so, but he will only go for short walks with me (very) and even then he isn't a happy little camper I hope you are able to find out about a geneticist and get more info at your son's appt. Keep us updated Kane is tiny for his age he is almost 4 and can still fit into his pants he wore when he was 18 mths old he tried on a top of his brothers the other day and it fit except it was a little short and he is in 00 I think kane is so small because he doesnt eat hardly anything and the food he does eat is not healthy His motor skills were good fine motor not so good Just an update-sorry about panicking the other day, I was a bit overwhelmed. Anyway, we have an appointment with his pedi this thursday and she's already scheduled some blood tests and will check his tsh levels-I think it might be hypothyroidism-most of the symptoms are there-we'll see when the tests are done. thanks for the support |
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