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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regardless of what you do, try expose the baby to other children as much as possible (starting now), and talk a LOT around them. Go to outdoor (or indoor if you're comfortable) storytimes. Take walks in the park where there are other children. Lots of babies that isolated at home during the pandemic developed speech delays.[/quote]

socialziing starting now at 7 months? [/quote]

where have you read that babies need to socialize starting now at 6 - 7 months? That is not true[/quote]

Please site your evidence for the speech delays. also  i dont know if you are aware, but we are experiencing a huge explosion of cases with the highly contagious Omicron, so recommending story time indoors (or outdoors in winter) is weird. Again, let me know where you are gtting your information about speech delays and why you are recommedning that socialziation with other kids matters at 6-7 months. My ped said this is not true.[/quote]

I mean all you have to do is google "Covid" and "speech delays". Here is one result: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-impact-of-lockdown-on-childrens-development-will-last-for-years-and-years-12500806

Infants obviously don't engage in small talk, but they do learn from seeing other people and children. For example, according to UNICEF, one milestone at six months is "responds to the emotions of others". It is not normal for an infant to never see another baby cry, for example. These little interactions are all things we took for granted pre-pandemic, but now we just assume they are worthless. They're not.

As I mentioned, if you are not comfortable with indoor activities, do outdoor ones. Wait a month if you are worried about omicron, but honestly, how much higher is the risk for a 6 month old vs catching RSV? There will always be another variant.

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