Comments on: How Important is Crawling as a Developmental Milestone? http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: heather http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-103891 heather Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:34:47 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-103891 I found this article as I was searching for any information on crawling as a necessary stage of child development. I am a nurse working in a squatter community in Ecuador, and it struck me the other day as I visited a home with a 9 month old baby who is almost ready to walk, that he has never crawled. Nor do any of the other babies that I see. The homes where these people live are tiny, have rough concrete or board floors, the streets are all mud or dust, depending on the season, so the floors are unavoidably dirty ( not to mention the chickens that roam). So these babies are never put on the floor, they are carried or held or put in walkers (!) or strollers. It hadn't occurred to me until then, I haven't seen a crawling baby. Is their future development being affected? Most of the kids in our school are doing fine, and I'm sure none of them crawled either. I found this article as I was searching for any information on crawling as a necessary stage of child development. I am a nurse working in a squatter community in Ecuador, and it struck me the other day as I visited a home with a 9 month old baby who is almost ready to walk, that he has never crawled. Nor do any of the other babies that I see. The homes where these people live are tiny, have rough concrete or board floors, the streets are all mud or dust, depending on the season, so the floors are unavoidably dirty ( not to mention the chickens that roam). So these babies are never put on the floor, they are carried or held or put in walkers (!) or strollers. It hadn’t occurred to me until then, I haven’t seen a crawling baby. Is their future development being affected? Most of the kids in our school are doing fine, and I’m sure none of them crawled either.

]]> By: frazzledazzle http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-59244 frazzledazzle Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:37:43 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-59244 Tina, I can personally vouch for the benefits of "crawling." I was a bottom scooter, and never crawled much. In my mid-life I discovered I still had signs and symptoms of a retained STNR, which is suppressed by crawling. Hence, I underwent the program outlined in the "Stopping ADHD" book that is mentioned above in the books section. I am not certain of the mechanics of how it all works, but, among other interesting results I obtained, the most remarkable and satisfying for me is a much improved reading comprehension and ability to stay focused on the page. I have found joy in being able to tackle some what was previously unreadable material to being able to not only read it, but digest it, think about it, and spit it back out. Whatever the mechanism that caused these results from finally getting to crawling, I am unsure. But, for me, there was something important missed or bypassed from that milestone up until my present adult life. Tina, I can personally vouch for the benefits of “crawling.” I was a bottom scooter, and never crawled much. In my mid-life I discovered I still had signs and symptoms of a retained STNR, which is suppressed by crawling. Hence, I underwent the program outlined in the “Stopping ADHD” book that is mentioned above in the books section. I am not certain of the mechanics of how it all works, but, among other interesting results I obtained, the most remarkable and satisfying for me is a much improved reading comprehension and ability to stay focused on the page. I have found joy in being able to tackle some what was previously unreadable material to being able to not only read it, but digest it, think about it, and spit it back out. Whatever the mechanism that caused these results from finally getting to crawling, I am unsure. But, for me, there was something important missed or bypassed from that milestone up until my present adult life.

]]> By: myomancy http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-59205 myomancy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:47:23 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-59205 Tina - To answer your questions, follow the links marked "Sources". These go to the actual research papers this article is based on. Chris Tina -

To answer your questions, follow the links marked “Sources”. These go to the actual research papers this article is based on.

Chris

]]> By: Tina http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-59185 Tina Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:41:25 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-59185 Theories??? What "research" is this? WHERE is the actually written information on this? WHO prepared this "research"? Sounds fishy to me. Theories???
What “research” is this?
WHERE is the actually written information on this?
WHO prepared this “research”?
Sounds fishy to me.

]]> By: Bill Niemann http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-57015 Bill Niemann Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:53:00 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-57015 Is there any direct evidence that all babies that don't crawl will all have trouble reading later in life? Is there any direct evidence that all babies that don’t crawl will all have trouble reading later in life?

]]> By: Sheila http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-91 Sheila Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:38:32 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-91 My experience is that there is an association between poor bilateral movement development(crawling) and dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia. The more three dimensional right brain thinker is likely to not crawl. It is not a causal relationship. But it is therapeutic to develop other areas of the brain that are less active in the 3d thinker. How do Papua New Guinea kids do in traditional school systems. About as well as our Canadian Native Indians I suspect. All 3d thinkers who I would prefer to be lost in the forest with. My experience is that there is an association between poor bilateral movement development(crawling) and dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia. The more three dimensional right brain thinker is likely to not crawl. It is not a causal relationship. But it is therapeutic to develop other areas of the brain that are less active in the 3d thinker. How do Papua New Guinea kids do in traditional school systems. About as well as our Canadian Native Indians I suspect. All 3d thinkers who I would prefer to be lost in the forest with.

]]> By: ML http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/how_important_i/comment-page-1#comment-90 ML Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:35:07 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/how_important_ihtml/#comment-90 Might it be that failure to crawl, when the opportunity to learn is there, is a possible symptom of an already-present disruption in normal neurological development? ie. some neuro-typical children do not crawl, preferring other forms of locomotion, but some children who have a developmental disorder have disruptions in the normal acquisition of motor skills, which might be evidenced as a failure to learn to crawl. Therefore the lack of crawling would not be the cause, but rather an indication (when considered with other factors)of possible existing neurological dysfunction. Might it be that failure to crawl, when the opportunity to learn is there, is a possible symptom of an already-present disruption in normal neurological development?
ie. some neuro-typical children do not crawl, preferring other forms of locomotion, but some children who have a developmental disorder have disruptions in the normal acquisition of motor skills, which might be evidenced as a failure to learn to crawl. Therefore the lack of crawling would not be the cause, but rather an indication (when considered with other factors)of possible existing neurological dysfunction.

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