7.5 month old starting early intervention for multiple concerns
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Anonymous
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I just had an initial evaluation for 7.5 month old DD and she was either on the border or "of concern" in multiple areas. So she is going to get a next-level evaluation and sounds like probably several types of therapy.
She was gross motor delayed, but the evaluator seemed to think that was mostly a result of not enough tummy time. The thing that seemed to concern the evaluator most was that she had been babbling, but stopped and now only makes "ah" sounds. And that she does not ever calm herself down/problem solve. I'm not sure if I have a question, I'm just really upset. But for those who went through this process with young babies, what happened after the initial evaluation? Thanks so much. |
Anonymous
| OP sending you good thoughts. We never had to deal with this but here is my experience with my now 10 month old. At 2-3 months he was babbling back and forth with us, then it suddenly stopped and he would only make vowels but no back and forth. He also had really poor eye contact. My husband was convinced that something is wrong. Then at 9 months its like the lights were turned on. He started babbling like crazy, seeking us out for attention, etc. He is 10 months now and he points, and claps, and waves and has a wide range of consonants and literally gives us long "speeches". At around 7 months we took him to a neurologist for possible seizure disorder and she was concerned about his lack of babbling and poor eye contact and wanted to evaluate him around a year. But I guess he showed everyone ... |
Anonymous
You are very fortunate. Not every child ends up like yours. |
Anonymous
| How do 7 month old babies "problem solve"? You should get a second opinion. |
Anonymous
| If she is delayed as a result of not enough tummy time, that simply means she has not displayed certain skills they were looking for. Which could mean she lost interest, wasn't motivated to perform, whatever. Or she'll catch up in a few months. Nothing I'm hearing here rings any catastrophe bells for me and I have a child with CP. |
Anonymous
That's holding own bottle and stuff... you put a piece of food in her hand and she won't eat it she'll just fling it around etc. etc. sigh.. |
Anonymous
Hardly problem solving. |
Anonymous
| OP, babies go through stages where they experiment with different sounds. |
Anonymous
It isn't abnormal for a 7 month old not to hold her own bottle. |
Anonymous
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OP,
Is she showing any of the signs under the "Act Early" header? http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-6mo.html If so, then I'd be concerned and I would talk to my pediatrician. If she's not getting enough tummy time, that's an easy fix. You give her more tummy time. (P.S. There's no such thing as "consonant regression." Yes, I recognize your post from Gen'l Parenting.) |
Anonymous
Yeah to be honest I thought it was overreacting but it freaked me out. The evaluator even suggested we could double track evaluations and contact an autism center. |
Anonymous
Haha, I made that term up and definitely not trying to hide that I am that poster 
The only one of the "talk to your child's doctor if" ones is the rolling. But the EI had a lot of other stuff she said she should be able to do, including holding the bottle (but she also said that breastfed babies often missed this). |
Anonymous
Solves a problem for the mom. Don't knock it. |
Anonymous
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I'm not sure everyone should be Pooh-poohing OP's concerns. This was an evaluation presumably by an expert who is familiar with milestone. you can quibble with the choice of language like "problem solve" but I don't see how its helpful to dismiss the evaluation.
OP, if there is an issue you are getting in there extremely early, This kind of early intervention makes a huge difference. I hope you see results soon. |
Anonymous
Thanks, that's what the evaluator said, that she's getting in very early. |