Study finds slight developmental lag in babies born during pandemic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, a lot of babies and kids had all sources of fun kid activities/brain stimulating activities cancelled or closed. And were stuck at home with mom and dad working full time. Sad but not surprising.

Babies don't need "fun kid activities" or special "brain stimulating activities."

And this was babies aged 0-6 months. What sort of fun and stimulating activities are available to them? That's mommy-group age, which would point back to the emotional well being of parents during that timeframe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:100% expected this and I expect many more studies with similar results. Honestly, I expect the actual difference is much higher.

I wonder if this will spread to development into early childhood and throughout their growth though?

DP, I think the delays can be made up, but kids who would normally be in child care need to actually be in child care … which means day cares need to drop their restrictive policies that exclude kids for days for the sniffles. The policies are leading some parents to drop day care entirely and try to keep working with little kids at home, or to use family (often elderly/retired) as child care, some of whom can’t keep up with a more active older baby or young toddler. Return child care policies to February 2020 and these problems will start to ease.

Kind of hard to do when 100% of daycare kids are unvaccinated and most were born into the pandemic in the first place.

Mandate vaccines for child care workers and return other child care policies to where they were 2 years ago. Yes there’s risk to young babies from Covid, especially Covid/RSV co-infection. But as we see here, there’s also a lot of long-term risk to restrictive child care policies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100% expected this and I expect many more studies with similar results. Honestly, I expect the actual difference is much higher.

I wonder if this will spread to development into early childhood and throughout their growth though?

DP, I think the delays can be made up, but kids who would normally be in child care need to actually be in child care … which means day cares need to drop their restrictive policies that exclude kids for days for the sniffles. The policies are leading some parents to drop day care entirely and try to keep working with little kids at home, or to use family (often elderly/retired) as child care, some of whom can’t keep up with a more active older baby or young toddler. Return child care policies to February 2020 and these problems will start to ease.

Kind of hard to do when 100% of daycare kids are unvaccinated and most were born into the pandemic in the first place.

Mandate vaccines for child care workers and return other child care policies to where they were 2 years ago. Yes there’s risk to young babies from Covid, especially Covid/RSV co-infection. But as we see here, there’s also a lot of long-term risk to restrictive child care policies.

They'll return to 2 years ago just as soon as vaccines for the young babies are approved and not before. Please do not forget that if your kid was NOT vaccinated for measles, rubella, whooping cough, chickenpox etc pre-2020 they were not ALLOWED IN THE FACILITIES AT ALL.

We have vaccination requirements for a damned good reason.

https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/ML-025708.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100% expected this and I expect many more studies with similar results. Honestly, I expect the actual difference is much higher.

I wonder if this will spread to development into early childhood and throughout their growth though?

DP, I think the delays can be made up, but kids who would normally be in child care need to actually be in child care … which means day cares need to drop their restrictive policies that exclude kids for days for the sniffles. The policies are leading some parents to drop day care entirely and try to keep working with little kids at home, or to use family (often elderly/retired) as child care, some of whom can’t keep up with a more active older baby or young toddler. Return child care policies to February 2020 and these problems will start to ease.

Kind of hard to do when 100% of daycare kids are unvaccinated and most were born into the pandemic in the first place.

Mandate vaccines for child care workers and return other child care policies to where they were 2 years ago. Yes there’s risk to young babies from Covid, especially Covid/RSV co-infection. But as we see here, there’s also a lot of long-term risk to restrictive child care policies.

They'll return to 2 years ago just as soon as vaccines for the young babies are approved and not before. Please do not forget that if your kid was NOT vaccinated for measles, rubella, whooping cough, chickenpox etc pre-2020 they were not ALLOWED IN THE FACILITIES AT ALL.

We have vaccination requirements for a damned good reason.

https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/ML-025708.pdf

You’re going to be waiting a very long time, I think. They can’t find a dose that triggers an immune response in 2-5 year olds while also not triggering massive side effects. We may never have a Covid vaccine for 2-5 or under 2’s. So you’re just going to shrug and tell people to deal with it … forever? Even though babies are basically being left in containers or cribs at home while their parents try to juggle work and this is causing babies and toddlers to be delayed? Huh. That’s really something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100% expected this and I expect many more studies with similar results. Honestly, I expect the actual difference is much higher.

I wonder if this will spread to development into early childhood and throughout their growth though?

DP, I think the delays can be made up, but kids who would normally be in child care need to actually be in child care … which means day cares need to drop their restrictive policies that exclude kids for days for the sniffles. The policies are leading some parents to drop day care entirely and try to keep working with little kids at home, or to use family (often elderly/retired) as child care, some of whom can’t keep up with a more active older baby or young toddler. Return child care policies to February 2020 and these problems will start to ease.

Kind of hard to do when 100% of daycare kids are unvaccinated and most were born into the pandemic in the first place.

Mandate vaccines for child care workers and return other child care policies to where they were 2 years ago. Yes there’s risk to young babies from Covid, especially Covid/RSV co-infection. But as we see here, there’s also a lot of long-term risk to restrictive child care policies.

They'll return to 2 years ago just as soon as vaccines for the young babies are approved and not before. Please do not forget that if your kid was NOT vaccinated for measles, rubella, whooping cough, chickenpox etc pre-2020 they were not ALLOWED IN THE FACILITIES AT ALL.

We have vaccination requirements for a damned good reason.

https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/ML-025708.pdf

You’re going to be waiting a very long time, I think. They can’t find a dose that triggers an immune response in 2-5 year olds while also not triggering massive side effects. We may never have a Covid vaccine for 2-5 or under 2’s. So you’re just going to shrug and tell people to deal with it … forever? Even though babies are basically being left in containers or cribs at home while their parents try to juggle work and this is causing babies and toddlers to be delayed? Huh. That’s really something.

At the age of 3 - kids in D.C. are in universal pre-school. Which is open and educating our youngest. So no - not forever.

And if those under 3 cannot be vaccinated without triggering worse outcomes in their fragile health systems, I'd be very seriously worried about them catching Covid in crowded environments if I was their parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And some babies only know faces in masks. Terrible for development too.

Horrible for daycare babies with the adults masked-up all day long. The first twelve months of life are the MOST critical in forming a strong foundation for life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kind of sad if being with your parents instead of a poorly paid stranger is harmful to child development.

I would have to read the full article.

Wonder if it is related to parental depression?

More likely- the baby is stuck in the crib or swing for hours a day with minimal interaction while the parent works.

And parents spending too much time on their phones rage posting here and on other sites.

[Anonymous]

I think the “lag” will be more than “slight” down the road. Time will tell.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the “lag” will be more than “slight” down the road. Time will tell.....

Agreed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And some babies only know faces in masks. Terrible for development too.

It's this. This is affecting babies. There are many articles on it on the internet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And some babies only know faces in masks. Terrible for development too.

It's this. This is affecting babies. There are many articles on it on the internet.

Except this study found that the kids in question were slightly advanced in communication although delayed in motor skills. Masks seems a weird explanation for that.

[Anonymous]

Wonder if many more mothers in the DMV have similar stories, however, some mothers were on paid leave for four months after their babies were born in March 2020 when the lockdowns began. Some already had young children.

Perhaps parents did keep kids in play pens and walkers more while caring for other kids and keeping the noise down while teleworking. Babies may not have been out in the sun getting vitamin D. Maybe there was stress when breast feeding or milk not as nutritious at time not eating well.

Maybe parents couldn’t get expected support from baby’s grandparents during this time.

Noticed no mention of hypotonia—low muscle tone. Good that there is no reference to autism. Sounds like still hope for children.

Are pedestrians away of study and issues or are developmental pedestrians needed?

[Anonymous]

The permanent long range consequences for most children will be impossible to fully calculate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very small sample, and it was self-selecting so parents who thought their babies were delayed might be more likely to choose to participate.

Pre-pandemic data was 62 babies, compared to 255 pandemic babies (out of 1706 mothers approached)

Oh what's that? The study was right.

Emerging evidence reveals an uptick in developmental delays and challenging behaviors in children belonging to the so-called “COVID generation.” Born during or shortly before the pandemic, many of these children are talking, walking and interacting later and less frequently. They're also more prone to certain behaviors, like outbursts, physical aggression and separation anxiety.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/06/09/pandemic-babies-now-toddlers-delayed-development-heres-why/9660318002/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very small sample, and it was self-selecting so parents who thought their babies were delayed might be more likely to choose to participate.

Pre-pandemic data was 62 babies, compared to 255 pandemic babies (out of 1706 mothers approached)

Oh what's that? The study was right.

Emerging evidence reveals an uptick in developmental delays and challenging behaviors in children belonging to the so-called “COVID generation.” Born during or shortly before the pandemic, many of these children are talking, walking and interacting later and less frequently. They're also more prone to certain behaviors, like outbursts, physical aggression and separation anxiety.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/06/09/pandemic-babies-now-toddlers-delayed-development-heres-why/9660318002/

Of course the study was right. Only complete idiots didn’t see this coming.