Chances are she's a typical toddler and maybe just less cautious than your other kids were, but there are some things you can look into. The vision check was a good suggestion.
How did she meet her physical milestones? Was she an early, on target, or late crawler/walker/etc? I ask partly because you mentioned her gait and partly because I have 2 very coordinated, very physical children and one total klutz (takes after me, lol). My adorable klutz has low muscle tone and a motor planning disorder called apraxia that makes it take longer for him to adjust for changes (a toy that he didn't notice underfoot until the last minute, a slight shift in balance that another child would adjust for without falling, a cup that starts to slip out of his hand that he can't catch). He was slightly late on all the physical milestones, and he bumps, falls, and drops frequently. In Ben's case he was diagnosed relatively early since his speech was also affected and very delayed (at 4.5 he's all caught up), but I could see how a mild case of apraxia or possibly low tone could just seem like persistant klutziness. I was normal on meeting phyical milestones when I was a baby, but given my general lack of coordination and Ben's history I sometimes wonder if I could have some mild degree of apraxia.
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