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11 month old not sitting, crawling...

My 11 month old is not sitting up on her own yet.  She can not pull her self up into a sitting position nor can she sit by her self if I sit her up.  She's not crawling, walking or standing.  She does roll very well though.  She also hasn't spoken any words yet(mamma, dadda...) It's almost as if she's an eight month old baby and not on her way to a year.  She was three weeks premature, but otherwise very healthy.  She hasn't even been sick yet.  I've increased her tummy time and have been paying extra special attention to her developement but am very conserned.  Could this be a real problem?
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Chexk for a neuromuscular disorder like Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
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He is healthy but he can't but not for long time when he sit after sitting he start to cry
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my son is 1yr old can't sit for a long time on his own, can't crawl or walk and have stiff  hands but if help, he stands and speaks some little words.
we are still on medication but need more advice
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I'm having same issue with mine thou mine is twins,the first boy can't sit or crawl at 11 months but the second boy is sitting but yet to crawl. Pls what is the solution to this
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Can you tell me who/where to contact for Early Intervention in Riverside, CA? I have kaiser insurance and they're NOT responsive to anything..
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Hi was reading your post. How is your son doing after these years now. My daughter is 1 yrs old and the same  like your son. She has hypotonia due to a,lack of oxygen during birth. I just wonder if there is any hope and does it get better? Thank you, elizabeth
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Hi.my son is 9 and having same problem really worried!!dr suggested MRI.does it get better??please respond as my son was also premature 32 weeks!
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I believe the child is not well maybe something is wrong with his back
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Hi I have a 10 month old baby girl who had mild hypotonia when she was 3 month old but then no other doctors mentioned it again so lack of physio, now that she is 10 month old, can roll over perfectly in both directions, sits up when I sit her up...trying to crawl but not there yet and cant really stand, it is making me worry sick. I have asked for a physiotherapy assessment which seems like ages to come through by post. Hope and Pray for all the little beautiful bubbas out there.
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My child is 9 months old his head is really large for his age . He can not sit up or control his head picking him up is like holding a new born baby he has a head scan next month can anyone help as to what could be wrong with him I am constantly worrying about it
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Just wondering if anyone has found a link to all of these issues.  My son is experiencing the EXACT symptoms...16 months old, cannot sit on his own , he crawls but cannot walk or move around furniture...he gags on chunky food, is underweight and small in length but has a large head (50th percentile)  he sees PT and is undergoing many tests through genetics and endocrinology...he was c-section and also had oxygen issues at birth, stomach tube and infection due to sepsis of the lungs....Please if someone has any ideas post them...it has to be something it just takes sooo long to diagnose.  Please e-mail if anyone has suggestions:)
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Just wondering if anyone has found a link to all of these issues.  My son is experiencing the EXACT symptoms...16 months old, cannot sit on his own , he crawls but cannot walk or move around furniture...he gags on chunky food, is underweight and small in length but has a large head (50th percentile)  he sees PT and is undergoing many tests through genetics and endocrinology...he was c-section and also had oxygen issues at birth, stomach tube and infection due to sepsis of the lungs....Please if someone has any ideas post them...it has to be something it just takes sooo long to diagnose.  Please e-mail if anyone has suggestions:) ***@****
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hii
I was looking for development delays in 11 months old and happened to drop by your message. My son is 11 months old now and has same delays as your daughter had. I am concerned for my son since he cannot sit up on his own yet, doesnt crawl or stand. Started rolling 3 months back and now hold his head up high when is on his tummy which he wasn't doing earlier. Sorry to disturb you but can you please let me know how your daughter developed in terms of her reaching physical milestones? I might start physiotherapy for him soon. Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks :)
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Hi there! I was reading ur post & it sounded familiar to me. I hope all is well with ur son & hopefully you can help me out as well. I have a 13 month old who was also born full term (no complications in pregnancy) but just 24 hours after he was born he started having seizures (a lot- that were very hard to control). He was in the nicu for a month & had countless tests done (MRI's, EEG's, Lumbar Punctures, etc.) & the doctors could not find a reason for the episodes. He has only been diagnosed with seizure disorder, hypertonia & cross-eyes but there has still never been a real diagnosis. This has been the roughest year of our lives & we've been on a mission to find an answer & cure to all of this. He can't sit up alone, hold his head straight, crawl, walk, etc. My husband & I have seen some progress in him though (no thanks to any doctor!) but are still very worried about his future. We believe he has the signs of cerebral palsy but are hoping it's not the case. Please let me know how your son is progressing today & the steps you took. Thank you very much & I wish you all the best!
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Sounds familiar...My 13 month old was born at 41 weeks but a day later (after his vaccines) he started having seizures that doctors couldn't control at first. He stayed in the nicu for a month & was only diagnosed with seizure disorder, hypertonia, cross-eyes but even after countless tests (MRI's, EEG's, etc.) no one could find a reason for these issues. He is very delayed now, can't hold his head up straight, sit up, stand alone, crawl, etc. but he did start holding his bottle about 2 months ago (which I am so proud of!) & just recently started making "da-da" sounds & also sometimes will reach (up) for toys but we know he has a long way to go. No doctor will confirm (I don't trust, respect or believe them anyway) but my husband & I think it may be cerebral palsy & we have no idea what the future holds for him but I do know once we can master holding his head up, everything else will soon follow. We are constantly trying new things with him but hope maybe another family's experince will help us along. Please e-mail me if you can give ANY advice. It will be most appreciated. Thanks. ***@****
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please let me know the results. same issues with a baby i know- could help us, thanks
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did the doctors ever figure out why? I know someone whos baby has similar problems and baby is 13 months and no diagnosis wondering if it all turned out normal in the end or was a diagnosis made?

Thanks
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My baby is the same way she is 11months and can't sit by her self,walk or craw she holds her bottle and rolls over but that's it she loves to be in her back a lot. She is having a MRI in two weeks to see what's the problem they said she might have cerebral palsy l hope she ok first god
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My baby is the same way she is 11months and can't sit by her self,walk or craw she holds her bottle and rolls over but that's it she loves to be in her back a lot. She is having a MRI in two weeks to see what's the problem they said she might have cerebral palsy l hope she ok first god
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My daughter was born 4 weeks early due to the doctors telling us that her abdomen region wasn't growing any more.  We scheduled her to be born on May 1st of 2009.  Shortly after she was born at 4 months old our pediatrician notice that her head had a weird shape and refered us to a specialist.  The specialist told us that our daughter had crainostynositosis, which is where the bone plates in your head fuse together too soon.  at 8 months she had the surgery.  After that we noticed that her development wasn;t what is should be so we sought some expert opinion on why our daughter had delayed development.  While consulting expert opinion we noticed the shape of her head returning to what is was before she 1st surgery.  When calls to the first surgeon were not returned we consulted a second surgeon at a different hospital (the first surgery used nothing but the bones in her head to reconstruce her skull).  The second surgeon took one look at her and schedule the second surgery (this one used 4 plastic dissolvable plates and over 150 dissolvable screws).  After surgery we continued to search for the reason for our daughters developmental issues.  When visiting one doctor he had excused himself and said he would be right back in 15 min...30 min later we went to see what was taking soo long....he said 5 more minutes....15 minutes later he came in the room with a genetic counsler and told us that he was testing our child for 3 different syndrome and one of them being Cockayne Syndrome.  He then proceeded to tell us that she looked like a child with Cockayne syndrome, but he had only ever seen one in his residency and was unsure but wanted to take some blood and have it tested.  on June 30th we got the call confirming that our daughter has Cockayne Syndrome which is characterized by poor grown and development, sensitve to sunlight, failure to thrive and a shortened lifespan.  There are three types of Cockayne Syndrome: type 1 has a life expectancy of 10 to 20 years, type two typically life to be approximately 7 years old and type three can live to be 30-40 years old.  Our daughter has type one.  She is extremely happy and loves life.

The point to my story is once you suspect something is wrong...DON"T GIVE UP!  NEVER GIVE UP!  If a parent suspects something is wrong with their child they might be right (we were told by a neurologist that there was nothing wrong with our child (at 1.5 years old) and that his son didn't crawl until he was 2.5 years old and now he is a 6'4" 250lbs. football player), shows how much this doctor knew (or for that matter wanted to know/find out for us)!  Also you have to undertand that doctors are only humans and they don't know everything or have seen ever seen everything, so it is ok to seek other opinions no matter how long  it takes or how may opinions you want, THAT IS YOUR RIGHT!

To everyone that has concerns about their child,

A Concerned Parent!
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My Son is 17 months old and can not pull himself into sitting can not crawl can not take any weight on his legs, he can sit up if put in the position but slumps to one side and he is about the size of a 9 month old.  He is a very happy little boy but is sounds very chesty all the time yet every doctor has said his chest is clear ! He can roll over but that is it and when you lie him on his back he looks like his upper body curves to one side and he struggles to poo by himself like he has no sensation to go but as soon as you stimulate the area he goes.  i am still awaiting a diagnosis and answers and i don't know what to do as the paeds seem to be dragging their heals with tests and help. I don't know what to do anymore.
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Alineg111 -  I realize your posting is 5 years old but what was the end result of your son's testing?  I have a 14 month old grandson with many of same symptoms you mention.  We got him into Early intervention with therapists and that has worked well.  I know what the specialists are saying but I'm looking for other possibilities as a scared grandma!
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my 10 month old son is starting to worry me. he hates tummy time, cant pick himself up, stands up only if i pick him up, after a while he'll just fall right back not even on his butt. he runs in his walker all over the place, if hes on his back he does  3/60 turns. he eats everything and is a very happy baby. he says mama/dada, gets excited when his fav cartoon is on. he doesnt clap his hands or wave bye. i see his frustrations when he cant do something.
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to jenlh and all you other posters on this board who are talking about your kids being THAT delayed.  that blows my mind that doctors in this day and age are still telling you not to worry.  I thought those days of long gone darkness in medical care were gone long ago after my child.s days.  Guess not!   You guys need to forget what those doctors are telling you and take your own proactive action for your children.  I cannot believe the posts that I am reading on this board and that these doctors are not making referrals for genetic testing first and secondly to the approriate pediatric specialists in each field.  you mothers are going to have to just go over those doctor's heads and make your own independent appointment at pediatric specialty doctors if your insurance will allow specialists without a referral.  That is exactly what I did and would do again in a heartbeat.   My child's pediatrician was behind me all the way.  You cannot rely on ONE pediatrician, who probably has never seen another child like yours in his practice, to make a referral to the appropriate pediatric specialist IN TME to get early intervention programs started for your children.  I can tell you as a parent of a 30+ year old child who is developmentally delayed, has a primary genetic diagnosis along with many many other medical problems.  I can tell you from 30+ years of experience with children like yours that that those delays of which you are speaking are very indicative of children who will be developmentally and cognitively delayed as adults.  Your delayed children NEED early intervention.  They do NOT need doctors who take the lazy "watch and see" attitudes.   yes, there are perameters of delays and all children develop at their own paces. However, if there is anything in your own "mother's gut feeling" that tells you that something is not quite right then you better believe that you are right and seek specialist consults.  Most kids with genetic disabilities have a multitude of various sometimes subtle and sometimes not so subtle symptoms.  When there are so many symptoms in combination it is most likely a genetic cause.  

However, I would also not be so concerned about what they can do, but rather, how they do, what they do.  
My suggestion to jenlh is that I would probably make two different urgent appointments ASAP.  First, with a pediatric neurologist to examine your child's hypotonia and other possible neurological problems and secondly with a pediatric geneticist for genetic tes

To: isthiscp I would strongly suggest that you make an appointment at a geneticist and request FISH and CGHarray testing ASAP.  I doubt that it is cp.  it sounds genetic.

You can find these pediatric specialists that deal with children like ours on a regular basis at most of the major university medical schools. While you obviously need a regular pediatrician, you need to go further with kids like ours.  As a mother who has been there done that, and seen that, 30 years ago, trust me when I say that you will be sorry if you do not take your own proactive approach to make appointments for your children today for pediatric genetic and pediatric neurologist appointments.
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Hi my child is 12 month old and unable to sit and facing the above problem . Please suggest doctor name in north India for proper treatment
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My 1 year old daughter doesn't sit, crawl, stand or walk, i'm so worried i spend most of my time looking at her and crying. She was given double dose of BCG could this be the problem or is she disable? Please help
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Hi All,

My son is 13 months old now, he is not sitting by himself yet, if we make him sit on the ground he can sit without support, he tries to crawl on four legs but he hardly can take take one or two steps and again slip on his tummy and crawls on tummy, if we hold one of his hand he can walk, he also can take few steps without holding him, he can climb steps on his own, but my concern his if we leave him down he only moves on his tummy, not pulling himself to a sitting position.
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