Yikes, are my kids developmentally delayed?
Okay… I know, I know, I KNOW I shouldn’t worry about this stuff. However…
Sammi cannot speak very well, and neither could Shabree at her age. Now Shabree’s in speech therapy, and I’m wondering what I should do about Sammi? I need to talk to her doctor, and the school district.
Along the same lines, Sammi doesn’t hardly ever put 2 words together at once, and she should be doing that.
She should have been saying mama and dada by age one… she didn’t until real recently. Now, we’ve suspected that some of this is due in part to her older sisters talking for her… when I told Sammi she needed to start using her words, she did! But I see other 2 year olds talking in complete sentences to their parents, and Sammi mostly grunts at us. Frustrating… and scary, to say the least.
She should be able to wash her hands by herself, and maybe she could… maybe she couldn’t. She doesn’t rub her hands together, though she DOES love to be clean.
Alex… Oh… she doesn’t sit by herself. She’s ALMOST there, almost. She doesn’t respond to her name, a bad thing. She HATES being on her stomach with a passion, and she barely ever rolls over. I’ve SEEN her do it, but she just… doesn’t. She just cries (like pick me up!)
I’m just worried. I see these developmental delays, and I just don’t know WHAT to do… Well, I have a CLUE, but I’m just not sure where to begin, and the doctor is already kind of taking a wait and see approach, and I’m wondering if that’s wise?
Stop Stop Stop!!!!!!!!!!!! you’re kids are not delayed. You sound like me. April didn’t hit ANY of her milestones right on target but she got there when she was darn good and ready.
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Voice your concerns to the doctor. Truth is, if there is an issue at least they will have a record that you want the progress of the kids being monitored. My step daughter Sarah, was delayed in speech. In fact, we used to refer to her speaking as cave-man speak because she rarely put two words together. When I came into her life at the age of 3, she was still not speaking. As step mom, you reallyhave little right to make a judgment call, but by the time she was in school I knew something was wrong. She failed first grade. Then, I stepped in and ordered the school to do testing. Moved her to another school that works one on one with children. Discovered she has a processing disorder. She’s 12 now and doing well. Once we knew the problem, its so much easier to teach her in a way she understands. If I had been her MOM, this would have been watched from the time she was not speaking at two years old. I would just be extremely aware of the development, that way if there is an issue, you will catch it early. Take care.
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(hug) Maybe a different pediatrician might be in order if yours isn’t giving you the answers you desire. You have to be the voice for your children. It took me 2 years to finally get ours to listen to me that there was something wrong with my oldest son, Alex. But do remember that there is a broad range of “normal”…
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I can relate, I had the same issues with Lexi. It was like night and day when I had her enrolled in Easter Seals. When I took her to preschool when she turned three and then had the eval with her new school, they said her transformation was like night and day according to her records. It will come in time. I know how frustrating it is. *gb huggs*
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