u/clownbastian

I have release surgery in a few months and I can't seem to get a straight answer from my surgeon about how long he recommends I take off work to heal. He keeps saying "it just depends on what you do." I'm a preschool teacher and he responded that I could take off as long as I like and they'll happily fill out the paperwork for my PFML. Well, that's not really an answer, is it??

I do use my hands quite a lot/do some lifting, but nothing insane. I don't know if I should be looking to take off a few days, a couple weeks, a month...

If anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it very much!

My 11 month old (will be a year old in about a week!) has been in monthly PT for a gross motor delay since he was 6 months old and began weekly OT a couple of months ago.

Despite all of the best efforts of myself, his daycare teachers (they are fantastic and very attentive), and his PT/OT facilitators, he absolutely will not crawl. He has made a great deal of progress in other areas, but he is determined to be a butt-scooter.

For a while he was starting to army crawl when placed on his belly (I was extremely excited about that!) but he finally learned to move into a sitting position from his belly and now he won't stay there for anything in the world. The second we place him on his belly he swaps to his butt, and there doesn't seem to be anything we can do about it.

I can't seem to get any real advice beyond "keep trying" or "make it a game" from his PT/OT...does anyone here have any tips/success stories in regards to crawling?? I know how important crawling is for mobility & bilateral coordination, I am really really hoping he doesn't skip it entirely...

Thank you so much in advance!