Many people just tell families that now-a-days not all children crawl (creep if you are a PT) on all fours (or threes) and that that is OK.
Unless there are other developmental concerns, the families are told that the child is OK. Id love to find any research that backs up this claim. Ive searched. Ive talked to PhD PT and Nurses, but to no avail.
I do not know any research confirming this. But in view of intra-indiviadal differences in development it could be possible....
It is very rare cases. Through my observation with children age from birth to 6 years. They need adult to provide them guidance so that they will have the opportunity to gained new experiences.
Thank you Sapiah. We do see it more frequently than "very rare" here in the USA. This is what the child wants and attempting to change it with adult directing doesnt work. It seems that later the child can go back and do the 4-point crawl for fun in play settings. That is what I recommend. But it isnt because the child has missed anything developmentally but rather for the exercise and play w peers. I would just like to have a study on the prevalence BUT nothing seems to be there in the current literature.
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