Q. Hello, can anyone give me the best tips for getting my blind toddler to walk! he will be 2 in December and hes getting rather heavy to carry everywhere! He was born blind, we do have specialists visit us at home for eg, physio, occupational therapist, visual impaired teacher etc, they do give us exercises to do but i was just wondering if any other parent or carer could give me a few extra hints or tips that in there experience helped or worked wonders for them! I have tried different toys etc just out of his reach but he will not move to find the objects he just gets frustrated with himself.
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Continue as you are, but maybe use a baby walker, this will help him realise that he CAN walk and stand on his own. You should think of getting a strong one since he is quite a lot older than they are designed for, or ask your therapists if they have details of an alternative.
If he is too big for them then maybe buy a push along trolley or another push along item (such as a dolly pram). This will help him hold on to something when walking.
This site has all sorts of other tips and suggestions about blind infants and their development, including a chart of development ages. (e.g. 9 months- play with toy etc.)
http://www.wonderbaby.org/search-topics/development.html
Continue as you are, but maybe use a baby walker, this will help him realise that he CAN walk and stand on his own. You should think of getting a strong one since he is quite a lot older than they are designed for, or ask your therapists if they have details of an alternative.
If he is too big for them then maybe buy a push along trolley or another push along item (such as a dolly pram). This will help him hold on to something when walking.
This site has all sorts of other tips and suggestions about blind infants and their development, including a chart of development ages. (e.g. 9 months- play with toy etc.)
http://www.wonderbaby.org/search-topics/development.html
What is your toddlers favorite toy?
Carly
What is your toddlers favorite toy? And which toy is their least favorite?
My daughter is 17 months. Her favorite toy is this gear toy made by Playskool and this marraca that sings and lights up. Her least favorite toy is the lion push toy/ride-on toy. I don't know why but she just never liked it. She rarely used it to learn to walk and now she just doesn't care to ride on it. Waste of $40 lol.
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My daughter is still a bit young, she is a year old now.
But she really loves her puzzles ( the foam ones ) and for her 1st birthday we bought her a leapfrog drum & maracas, she loves them.
The most useless thing was a car her grandmother bought her, she doesn't even go near it for some reason - and it is even a walker ( even though she walks now ) and makes noises but she still doesn't like it.
My daughter is still a bit young, she is a year old now.
But she really loves her puzzles ( the foam ones ) and for her 1st birthday we bought her a leapfrog drum & maracas, she loves them.
The most useless thing was a car her grandmother bought her, she doesn't even go near it for some reason - and it is even a walker ( even though she walks now ) and makes noises but she still doesn't like it.
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