As you guys probably figured, my little Amber is experiencing the ‘bowlegged’ walk stage… According to experts, children who have just started walking go through the same thing. Anyway, I found this very informative website about bowlegged walking among babies…

http://www.babybowlegged.net/. Somehow, I found the answers to my questions on this site! Thanks much!

Question No. 1 – - IS MY BABY NORMAL? Children normally go through a period of being bowlegged, and it usually starts from birth to 18 months.  For most, bowlegs straighten out with no treatment. However, we should be alarmed if the following are observed:

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Let’s change channel..

It is really a challenge to juggle work and motherhood… to add to that, being a wife, a sister, a daughter… For this blog, let me talk about my second child- Amber.  From the onset, you’d see the difference between Amber and her big sister, my eldest- Pauline.  Amber moves around a lot. In Filipino, we refer to this as ‘malikot’.  She is really super hyper that some people would say that she seems to act like a boy.  Right about now, she has mastered the art of walking, even though, she still does this in a funny way.  When we first noticed how odd the way she walks, I immediately searched the net to find out why… or if it is normal.  When she walks, it seems like their is this huge rock between her legs.  Now, when I say legs, I mean really fat legs.  The size of her legs seems to aggravate the situation… seemingly making the distance between her two legs farther apart than they actually are. Now here is what www.parents.com say about walking skills:

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