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post #1 of 13
11/30/06 at 8:36pm
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ok, let me begin with the fact that i think logan is just perfect and a normal little boy

but why is it that people keep having tendancies on making me feel like he has some kind of problems?

Today after swim lessons the teacher made a point of asking me how old he is. and then mentioning that he two stepped all the way up the water slide stairs. and that usually by three kids are one stepping stairs. she said that she ran daycare and had early childhood education and all that stuff so she had an idea what she is talking about.

she was nice enough, but now i 'm all paranoid.

he also has slight hearing loss in his left ear, they are concerned i'm not.

oh, and a few years ago the health nurse was all concerned that logan tilts his head. again dr isn't concerned i'm not concerned and he still does it. it is a manurism i think.

so, if you read this, how many of your 3-4 year olds two step stairs?
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post #2 of 13
11/30/06 at 9:17pm
Payton just turned 3 a couple of weeks ago. If she has something in her hands she will two step them but usually she will one step them otherwise.
Do ya'll have a headstart program or parents as teachers? They do all kinds of evaluations to see if your child is on mark developmentally. I am not sure what the norm is, but I can ask our Headstart gal next week when I see her if you would like.
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post #3 of 13
11/30/06 at 9:54pm
I'm right there with you with dd's speech, although, physically I think she's ahead of the game.
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post #4 of 13
11/30/06 at 10:39pm
I have to agree with the hearing loss, though. If he really has one, it might make his life in school a lot harder. I am seeing that with Jerome right now.(Don't want to get into all that)
I would suggest to just get him checked out, he will benefit from any help he might get, but if two stepping is his only deal, so what. Maybe he is just a little cautious with things being wet....
My mom always said, at a certain age they all do it, what's the big concern about when they started (when she told me that it was in regards to potty training, she said show me a healthy five year old that still wets his pants, when they are ready, they are ready)

Trust your instincts, that's the best you can do for Logan
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post #5 of 13
11/30/06 at 11:30pm
Just do what you think is best. There's always going to bew somebody that thinks you need to do things differently than you do. And there are always going to be people who thing they know more than you do. I used to get so annoyed at people that treated me like I was stupid because Jonathan was my first child. They didn't bother to ask that I'd been around kids all my life, had a child development degree, and was a former teacher.

With the slight hearing loss, that might be the reason he tilts his head, to hear better. But ot could just be a mannerism. if your doctor isn't concerned, then I wouldn't worry too much about it.

As far as the step thing... It depends on how long his legs are and how safe he feels. I know a lot of adults that are two-steppers because of height or balance issues. Some kids just don't like stairs. When I'm in a pool or in the water, I two-step just because I know how prone I am to slipping and falling.
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post #6 of 13
12/1/06 at 12:00am
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Thanks ladies

with the two stepping, logan has really short legs and is really cautious, i haven't been thinking about it until today

the hearing loss has been confirmed by the audiologist, she actually discovered it, since i am adopted they wanted to watch him since there is no family history. it is slight, and will be monitored very closely
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post #7 of 13
12/1/06 at 12:29am
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post #8 of 13
12/1/06 at 12:49am
HOn, if anything, I would mention these things to your dr again, just to ease your mind if nothing else. Who knows....maybe it means nothing.....but if it is something then you all can start dealing with it before he starts school.

You can even talk with your public health nurse too and get some information and insight into things
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post #9 of 13
12/1/06 at 6:09am
Emily will two step them going downstairs sometimes, not usually going up. The hearing is something I would be careful about. It can affect his language aquisition, not just his speech, and can lead to learning delays.
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post #10 of 13
12/1/06 at 12:39pm
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I have been thinking about things.. and my kid has never been 'normal' doing things, he didn't crawl like alot of kids, he didn't sit up normally, he didn't walk until alot longer, i mentioned all of this to the dr and he said all kids do things in their own time. i'm not going to stress on the two stepping,

i am going to follow up better on the hearing loss though. right now, his speach is absolutely amazing for his age. no problems at all, that is why i haven't been too concerned.
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post #11 of 13
12/1/06 at 12:46pm
Emily was slow with a lot of things as well and it means absolutely nothing. She didn't roll over until she was 6mo old, couldn't sit up until after 9mo, never crawled and didn't walk until she was 14mo old. She did have a heart condition but they said that had absolutely nothing to do with it. She was just lazy
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post #12 of 13
12/1/06 at 1:40pm
I think the physical stuff developmentally is no big deal as long as there is no medical reason for the slower development or whatever.
I would keep an eye on the hearing loss. As I said, he may speak normally, but his language skills could be affected. Language acquisition isn't necessarily the ability to speak. It can affect how he learns, his comprehension of spoken and written words, etc. Kyle's cousin's son has partial hearing loss and because of that he was language delayed. You would not have known it by his speaking, but his delay is in understanding and learning. Had they known this when he was 3 or 4, they could have worked with him and would have been given strategies to help him overcome it. The language problem was diagnosed late, and it's affected him adversely his whole life.
It was early this morning when I first responded to this post, and I was holding Travis at the time, so I could not say all I wanted to.
As for the stupid woman at swim class who said all that about him two stepping stairs and who said she had some idea what she was talking about. to her. I cannot stand people who offer unsolicited advice about our kids. As if it's any of her business! And she is no expert. If you were a less confident mom, she could have REALLY caused you some heartache and made you upset.
People may "mean well," but they just really ought to think before speaking. You are his mom, and you know he's fine. I have no patience with people like her.
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post #13 of 13
12/1/06 at 2:30pm
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Thank you for your words. they do help. i am not all that confident, but you all are talking me through getting worried about it
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