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He hasn't seen a developmental pediatrician.  We were trying to find one before the pandemic hit, and then that basically took a back burner.  We haven't wanted to bring him anywhere since he won't wear a mask, but I've since been told against and again that doctor's offices don't really expect kids his age to wear a mask.

We are now planning to get him in somewhere, although I've been told it takes a very long time to get in.  I think we should, but I still get the impression that nothing would really change.  What would a developmental pediatrician change beyond what we're already doing with speech and occupational therapy?

We didn't sign.  We kind of wanted to, but didn't follow-through.  He has a twin brother, and raising twins in pretty hard.  When his daycare wouldn't strongly commit to signing, we pretty much dropped it.

His basic vocabulary is pretty good.  He definitely knows the words for basic foods and drinks.  And I think he knows if he comes up to us and says "apple," we'll give him an "apple."  He just, in general, doesn't ask for things.  If the apples are out, he'll grab one.  If we hide them, then he doesn't care.  We've tried intermediate things, like having a picture of an apple out, but he ignores those.

One of the more troubling developments recently is that he has started hitting us. Pretty hard, too.  He went through a phase a while ago  where he did that.  At that point, crying after he hit us was a pretty effective way to get him to stop.  But now he's so worked up when he hits us that it doesn't seem to phase him in the same way.[/quote]

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