Arching of the back

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Arching of the back

Posted 5 months ago by JillH

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JillH said 5 months ago

My son Peyton is 11 months old and has learned to scoot when laying on his back by arching his back and pushing with his feet. He wants to come and find us when we are not near him or find his older sister. It was very cute at first but it has caused his back muscles to be very strong but not his core chest muscles. He even arches his back now when in a sitting position in his bumbo chair or bouncy chair. I'm working with his therapist to prevent this and strengthen his other muscles but I'm growing concerned about this so I wanted to see if this was a phase anyone else has gone through and what you did to work with your kids on it.
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melacosta said 5 months ago

Corwin arches his back alot. Especially in response to something he doesn't like, like face washing. His therapist works with him on stretching the back muscles the other way. Also, for some reason, if we put pressure on his chest while he is doing it, it helps to make him stop arching.
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Autumn said 5 months ago

Tyler has done the exact thing for as long as I can remember. No one seems to have an answer as to why. He arches and scoots. He also always arches and looks to his left side. It seems to be getting worse.
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Myriam said 4 months ago

Ève started to move herself that way when she was approximately one. She was doing it when she was unhappy or when she was refusing to do or look at something. But at 2, she started to stand in a sitting position and che liked it. So slowly, she stand longer and longer. At 3, she was rolling from back to front and started to sit by herself. It is at that time that her arms got stronger and she started moving in a "normal way" because she finally found that it was easier then her 'back way' that she had developped through her first years. She was really good though. Never hurting herself nor hitting something. She was really good and strong with her legs so she started to play with her feets first. Now, she is four and she rarely move on her back again. She arches sometimes when I try to sit her on her chair to eat and she don't want to but it's pretty much it. I remember the first 2 years and a half were really hard on my shoulder!!! Thanks god she is so little because she is so strong!!! Hope I gave you some answers. To me, it was important that she was able to move by herself even if it was a strange way to do it. After a while, she just developped other muscles and changed her way to do it.