I have a son, he just turned one year old this week. He seems to be physically behind. Now I understand that all children develop differently. But there are a lot of things that are behind with him. He first of all seems to have little to no balance.  He sits and is very wobbly, even to the point that when he turns his head or bends to the side to pick things up, he topples over. He does not stand except when held  upand will only do this for a few seconds, he does not crawl on hands and knees, only as a low crawl technique, he just started holding his bottle and clapping his hands 2 weeks ago, and seems to have his left hand clenched often. he has just started to feed himself cereal, but only chex size or larger.  He is a very sociable and happy little boy though, babbles a lot, loves books, toys, can roll and low crawl anywhere he wants to.  I am just wondering is there some sort of therapy that I can do to help strengthen him so that his balance is better and possibly get him to catch up.

There is always the possibility that he is a slow developer and that's it!  However, at this point, he should be doing things more in his gross motor skills and this should be something you need to discuss with the pediatrician.  There are early intervention programs that may identify the lag and diagnosis it, if indeed there is on.... Read More