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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Infants born in March to December 2020 scored lower on a test of motor and social skills at 6 months. It’s unclear whether the discrepancy will remain in the long term.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/babies-born-pandemic-slight-developmental-lag-study-finds-rcna10872

The infants were screened for social, communication and motor skills at 6 months of age using a standard questionnaire about their ability to roll from their back to their stomach, how often they babble and other milestones.

In most areas, the babies born during the pandemic displayed lower scores compared to those born earlier. That held true whether they were born to mothers who had been infected with Covid during pregnancy or not, the researchers found.[/quote]

[b]I call this bs.  [/b]
1. small sample, 
2.  0-6 mo, that's it?  
3. NYC is a very specific urban densely populated environment, do we all remember what was happening in NYC the first 6-10 months?  I can't imagine how stressful it was for families with babies.

my pandemic baby born in March, 2020  is slightly behind on his language skills but, he is a boy (boys are typically known to start talking later than girls) and we are a 3 language family, which is also a factor to delayed speaking.  We actually had county people come out and score him. Turned out he is a few months ahead in his fine and gross motor skills, social skills as far communicating other ways and only 1 month behind in speaking. So my question is, how many other factors were in those participating families that this study didn't take into account,  like multi-language (which is normal in multi-cultural place like NYC), or some other additional stress/complications like a medical field/healthcare parent working during global pandemic?  They don't talk about that.
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You're calling the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics b*llshit? As well as the authors who are psychiatrists, epidemiologists, obstetricians, and neurologists from Columbia University? I'm sure they're happy to take your esteemed opinion into account.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2787479?guestAccessKey=c9b1b677-15f4-4ab6-8784-262a2b319fac[/quote]

Yep. Sorry.  I listed the reasons above.  I also have a degree related to child development, and have an idea of what I am talking about.  Too many factors are not taken into account, and the 0-6 months age tested? Nope. [/quote]

Those kids are all 2 now, so we'll soon get results for 6-12 months and 12-24 months. Not that I believe you'll be at all interested in the science and facts. [/quote]

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