My uncle told me that he has heard this several times. I guess for those who crawl for at least 6 months have better right brain development, and have an easier time with learning overall (especially reading and writing) later on in life. Not sure if there is any truth to this, but thought it was interesting. Glenn Doman is the one that talks about this theory.
I would be really surprised if late or early walking had anything to do with how smart baby is. Doman's work is pretty out of date. The AAP and APA tend to refer to his theories of brain development as "out moded."
All our babies will be super-geniuses no matter when they walk!
My GF is a physical therepist and specializes in children with disabilities. She swears that even though technically crawling is not a milestone, 9 times out of 10 she can tell which of her kids never crawled or only crawled for a short amount of time.
Apparently, these children have trouble with their fine motor skills, handwritting, eye hand coordination, etc. Clearly, theres nothing scientific to her theory it's just her professional opinion.
My 8yo crawled for about a week and started walking at 12 mo. He does have poor handwritting, eye hand coordination, etc. No clue if they are related or just because he's an 8yo boy
I think that late development of motor skills like walking probably means earlier development of verbal skills, but I don't think that means higher intelligence later in life. By the time kids hit kindergarten, you can't tell who walked/talked early or late. My DH has a cousin who walked at 9 months, and now he's getting his PhD at Harvard.
My DS walked at 10.5 months, and naturally we know he's a genius
I've just heard it says something about the childs personality...like early walkers are do it without hesitating/adventurous little ones versus late walkers who are cautious/think before they act types. I don't know how much truth this holds either, but I thinkit makes more sense than the intelligence correlation.
I've just heard it says something about the childs personality...like early walkers are do it without hesitating/adventurous little ones versus late walkers who are cautious/think before they act types. I don't know how much truth this holds either, but I thinkit makes more sense than the intelligence correlation.
This seems more accurate to me. My DD has never been one to just relax. I couldn't even do a cradle hold when she was 2 months old, I had to hod her in a sitting or standing position.
And I've heard people say before that if they're more active, they are less verbal and vice versa. DD doesn't have too many words, but she's all over the place and has high problem solving skills too.
Re: Late walker means smarter baby?
guess my kid will be the village idiot...
he started crawling at 8 months and walked at 9 months
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I would be really surprised if late or early walking had anything to do with how smart baby is. Doman's work is pretty out of date. The AAP and APA tend to refer to his theories of brain development as "out moded."
All our babies will be super-geniuses no matter when they walk!
LOL. This cracked me up.
I'm not putting much stock in it, but since I don't see DS walking anytime soon, I think it's a fascinating theory.
Depends who you ask
My GF is a physical therepist and specializes in children with disabilities. She swears that even though technically crawling is not a milestone, 9 times out of 10 she can tell which of her kids never crawled or only crawled for a short amount of time.
Apparently, these children have trouble with their fine motor skills, handwritting, eye hand coordination, etc. Clearly, theres nothing scientific to her theory it's just her professional opinion.
My 8yo crawled for about a week and started walking at 12 mo. He does have poor handwritting, eye hand coordination, etc. No clue if they are related or just because he's an 8yo boy
haha, Jude, too!! ?Except he crawled early at 5 months.. we have 2 dummies!?
I think that late development of motor skills like walking probably means earlier development of verbal skills, but I don't think that means higher intelligence later in life. By the time kids hit kindergarten, you can't tell who walked/talked early or late. My DH has a cousin who walked at 9 months, and now he's getting his PhD at Harvard.
My DS walked at 10.5 months, and naturally we know he's a genius
As the mother of an eaerly walker, I am HIGHLY offended.
:::stomps out of post with her apparently slow child:::
This seems more accurate to me. My DD has never been one to just relax. I couldn't even do a cradle hold when she was 2 months old, I had to hod her in a sitting or standing position.
And I've heard people say before that if they're more active, they are less verbal and vice versa. DD doesn't have too many words, but she's all over the place and has high problem solving skills too.
DH walked at 15 months and he was in gifted classes. I was walking at 8 months and I wasn't in gifted but I do have common sense.
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