If a child never crawls but goes strainght to walking would there be negative physical results that could cause adhd.
Crawling teaches eye-hand coordination, upper body strength . . .
Could there be other childhood/babyhood milestones that if skipped over could cause adhd?
Thank you so much for your answer,
Faith
Faith
Thank you for your question and welcome to ADHDCentral.com
Thank you for your question. ADHD does not normally impact developmental milestones, although there is a age range for each milestone.
For more information:
ADHD in Children: Birth Through 12 Months
Eileen
I was so proud when my 8 month old started to walk. Now when I look back I know that was one of many tell-tale signs. He crawled for about a week and took off to walking like he had done it before. I remember playing at a fast food restaurant in Puerto Rico where there are many old wives tales and this elderly woman said children that walk so early are not good in math, of course I poo-pooed it. Maybe there is something to it. I do have to say my now 15 year old son is an advance learner and also in math, but maybe he lucked out with not having a learning disability which so many adhd children have. He however did not luck out of not having ADHD, newly diagnosed due to no one catching the signs and not interfering with his academics in elementary. He got by in school due to scoring above average until now Jr. High and up when he has lost motivation I believe of the struggle to control his impulsiveness, lack of focus, and self-esteem.
So yes, I believe there is a correlation between ADHD and missing milestones. However, I do not believe because of skipping over this milestone is the cause of ADHD.
Is there anyone else out there that missed the crawling stage?
Would be interesting to know,
Lisa
I have been teaching for 1-5th grade for 15 years and am the talented gifted coordinator for my school. I also have a 17 year old son with adhd and he is a talented and gifted student. My daughter is 13 and is a talented and gifted student. I was in talented and gifted programs when I was in school and I also have adhd.
Over the years I have wondered about the crawling connection, my son and I both walked at early ages and either didn't crawl or did a little funky modified crawl for a couple of weeks. We both have adhd. My daughter crawled and walked at appropriate times, she does not have attention issues. For years, I have informally asked friends/parents if their kids crawled or not, about 90% of the adhd/distracted type kids had some sort of crawling issue. Too many to ignore the connection.
I am not sure you can "push" the crawling... I would be interested to hear if that works or not. Good luck!
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HI Lisa, I am so glad you posted this response. My 10 year old son began walking at 6mths. and running by 7mths. He never crawled, he scooted about a week and then as you stated I just remember him getting up and walking. It baffled me and the Doctors, he walked so well and so much that his legs begin to bow. Fast forward now 10 years and he is a gifted and talented student in elementary school, he's in Ap courses, he scored perfects on standardized tests.....but.....he has recently been diagnosed with dyslexia(writing) and possibily ADHD. We are banging our heads trying to figure out ways to help him, because what used to be a very eager learner is now starting to loose his fire for school. I think you mentioned self esteem earlier, for such a bright child my sons is very low. If you have found any credible information linking the milestones and ADHD will you post a link. I have a five year old who skipped crawling as well, and now I have a seven month old. I really want to know if I should be pushing the crawling. Erica