I have no idea if I belong here, but I wanted to see if any of this sounds familiar to anyone. I'm at a loss, and trying to figure out what is going on with my son.
He's 12 months old, will be 13 months in a few days. He cannot crawl, sit unassisted, pull to stand, stand unassisted, cruise, he doesn't say anything other than "mama", he doesn't feed himself, he just started picking up toys, he doesn't wave, or point to things. We started physical therapy last month, and he is making progress slowly. My pedi just seems to think he is a laid back baby, and doing things on his own time.
He was a repeat C-section at 39 weeks, and had great apgars. I just can't figure out why he is having delays. I apologize if I shouldn't be posting here.
Re: Not sure if I belong here?
I'm sorry you are dealing with this but please join in.
It sounds like you are on the right path with him getting PT.
Random but have you had his eyes checked? Someone I know son was similar and it turned out his depth perception was screwed up and because of that he was afraid to move since he couldn't judge where things were. He got glasses and very quickly caught up once he was able to see.
May not be your issue but it's something to consider as you move forward.
Thank you!
The PT is through EI. I asked to start him in it, after my pedi was not concerned.
Thanks!
His eyes have not been checked. I will mention it to the pedi when we go back.
Not that it might be that, but my advice is to rule things out. We thought DS had possible hearing loss at age two but turned out to be a receptive language delay. We thought his vision was fine, but it is far from fine. Kids have a way of adapting and adjusting to things they have never known any other way. From someone that has BTDT on many things, its better to know than wonder.
Our first pediatrician kept telling me, "look at her, she's so beautiful, and normal" 25 procedures & 3 major surgeries later with multiple lifelong diagnosis later..my "beautiful normal looking baby" isn't really a very healthy 4.5 year old, although she is still gorgeous.
Neuro is who you should start with.
Good luck.
ETA my #2 was born 6 week
We started with a developmental pediatrician around 10months. He gave us referrals to a neurologist and geneticist. We still have no diagnosis.
Welcome!
I agree with the advice of the neurologist or pediatric ophthalmologist (not optometrist!)