Just need alittle reassurance

Ok I know I'm just being paranoid here..I know that but I can't help it..

Makayla started to crawl over the weekend and now she's a pro at it..she goes to what she wants and goes all over the living room and she started to pull herself up onto things too..in the crib, on the couch and toy box..I'm amazed how in a few day she went from sitting there to doing all this..I'm SO proud of her..but this is my concern Melina does absolutly nothing like that, she doesn't even go from belly to sitting and Makayala had been doing that for over a month..if I place her in a sitting postion she can sit don't get me wrong but I have to put a pillow behind her cause gets lazy and falls back she does roll and kinda does this shimmy thing on the belly but nothing really noticable more or less just ends up going backwards, she does from her belly get on her hands and knees and rocks but thats it just flops back down after a few seconds..as I write this I know how weird I'm sounding cause it does seem like alot..but there is such a difference in development here..I know I know two different babies. I just keep thinking am I unknowingly spending more time on one than the other and this is why she's doing more I don't know... :unsure:

I just need to know that other twins out there don't always do things at the same time and it doesn't mean she's suffering in any way

Well thanks for any reassurance you can offer..

I feel really dumb about this cause I know I sound really insane right now :crazy:

 

With twins I think it's near impossible NOT to compare them. But, like you said--two different babies--two different developmental patterns. I wouldn't worry about it at all!

Reyna

 

Don't feel bad at all. My two are exact opposites my DD can flip around and sit up and does it all the time and my DS can sit but is lazy and will flop back down in a heartbeat. I know I do the comparisons too and I know I shouldnt but when u got two of em it is so hard not to compare.
I know they will both develop things at different times but when one isn't doing something it is so hard not to think there might not be a problem.
Hence I worry that neither crawls but know either they will or they won't no rush.... Time flies as it is. :lol:

 

Oh, how well I know this feeling!! I think it's impossible to not somewhat compare in your mind what one baby is doing & the other one isn't. My 2 are about as opposite as they can be & have been almost from the beginning. And I still worry that b/c one is more behind physically that my time isn't spent equally between them! I just try to always include them both in what I'm doing.

My dd is getting physical therapy about twice a month now & they come out to our house. She is behind on her gross motor skills (not walking yet) & I really love how our therapist will include my ds in the sessions, even though he's not needing the therapy. To him (and her) it's just play & they both want to be there.

So I have one 17 mos old that isn't walking yet, but talking up a storm. She's even tried saying a few ABC's! And another 17 mos old who is extremely mobile & practically running everywhere, but his main vocabulary consists of "NO!" Yes, it is hard not to worry when they're not doing the same things. But I've just slowly come to realize - and be ok with! - that they just will do things in their own time.

My advice would be not to worry, but always listen to your instinct. If you really have concerns, talk them over with your doctor. For the most part, though, all of this is just normal & we're all individuals.....I'd actually be surprised if they were doing everything at the same time.

 

My girls are totally different too! Abigail will go from "scooting", not crawling yet, to a sitting position. While Reese is content to "army crawl" everywhere. I worry that y'all have babies younger than mine that are pulling themselves up, and walking with the furniture, but they seem to be doing ok in everything else. So...they are different babies that I was blessed to have at the same time.

 

No worries. :hug99: It's really hard to think of them as two completely different babies in terms of development, but they are!

 

My Boys were a month apart on sitting alone, and a month apart on learning to crawl. I think it is normal. Try not to stress over it.