Q. My question is about a child who is now 12 months old. She has always tended to hold her feet in a plantarflexed position. When she was 7 months her mother was discouraged from using a baby bouncer (hung from the doorway). This helped a little and now although her feet are often plantarflexed she is well able to dorsiflex. Although they are often everted, she is able to invert. However, when she is held in standing she plantarflexes and takes weight, if at all, on her toes. She is now crawling reciprocally – slightly wide based legs. She sits in various positions and now tends to sit cross legged but can sit in long sitting. She also sits back on her heels (feet plantarflexed and everted ) which her mother is trying to discourage. She can pull to high kneeling and this position is good with good extension of her hips.

Her mother said she dislikes sand on her feet and other rough surfaces. They have done a little work with textures (dried lentils etc) which seemed OK. She has shown little interest in her feet – she briefly held them when app 8 months over a period of one week, but otherwise does not look at them much.

I am wondering if there is some kind of sensory problem and if so how I can help. I’d be grateful for any ideas.

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