re: baby doesn't walk @ 18 months.

Quoting SaraSaraBoBara:" I agree. I guess I need to find a way to say that to her without seeming pushy."

Good luck.

Maybe just ask her why she's nervous about it. Maybe the stuff you read her you can tell her and would help calm her fears. Also, maybe bring it up like it might be helpful because she's not helping herself by doing that to her arms!!!!

I want to add. If she is being referred to an Early Intervention program, and she most likely is, then it takes up to 30 days from the date you call to have an evaluation setup. After that, when it's determined what services the child needs they have up to 45 days to schedule a first appointment.
It was the same in both states for us.

For this reason, it's best to get the ball rolling ASAP. Also, if she sets up an eval soon, and by that time it seems he's on track she can always cancel it. No harm done. But if she waits like 2 months thinking he will be fine, and turns out it isn't, he could be 22 months before they even see him for an appointment.  

Quoting {tamz}:" Good luck. Maybe just ask her why she's nervous about it. Maybe the stuff you read her you can tell ... [snip!] ... months thinking he will be fine, and turns out it isn't, he could be 22 months before they even see him for an appointment.  "

oh man. okay. i will tell her all of this asap.
thanks so much!

Quoting SaraSaraBoBara:" oh man. okay. i will tell her all of this asap. thanks so much!"

no problem. I'd hate for other people to go through what we are going through because we couldn't get EI while living with family so she was without it for 4 months and because of that her crawl is messed up due to an issue with her neck and now it's impacting her ability to walk also.

good luck!

It's always better to be safe than sorry. I can kind of understand where she's coming from though. My son is about 16 months old right now and only recently began walking longer distances by himself (like within the past week). This coupled with the fact that he's underweight had his last pediatrician concerned. My step mom took that information and began filling my head with all these things that might be wrong with him (even Rickets) and it made me want to take him to a specialist even less and less. I knew I needed to get him to a doctor but kept thinking, "Just one more week. Just one more week..." I think had he not been making strides in other areas I would've taken him in right away.

He's fine now, by the way.

The boys are 18 months, and still aren't walking. They've been walking holding on to hands & pulling up against furniture since they were between 8-10 months-ish. And in a year they still haven't learned to walk. They can't even go from sitting to standing on their own yet, unless holding on to something. We're waiting on a call from our Pediatrician now to see when the specialist can see them. He's not worried about them, because they're speech is good, and things like that, but he said it's "just to cross our t's and dot our i's". Better safe that sorry, IMO.