No crawling = delayed speech?

[NaeNae]

. That they need to get the leg and arm action right, and babies that don't crawl have speech problems!

I was actuallt told thisby mymother in regards to swaddling beyond 6 months

[myturn]

it is possible they are associated... and it is important for kids to experience all these physical skills - BUT one does not equal the other.... it just doesn't work that way with anything.... that's the problem - things get taken all out of proportion when the media reports research... and that's how an old wives tale develops

just give your child lots of chances to practice their physical and language skills through 'play' and imitation and they'll be fine!!

too many people, putting too much pressure on parents - and freaking them out!!

[skybie]

honestly, when are babies only in walkers? those of us that use them for short periods of time through the day ( i used to use ours when i was getting tea ready) still put babies on the floor!!
FWIW DD2 was a lazy sod in the movement department, but has been talking since about 12 months, speaks very clearly now with sentences of 5+ words. DD1 who was great in the movement department, did everything on time, was walking independantly at 12 months, was slow to talk, and even now doesnt speak her words clearly