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[quote=Anonymous]OP again. Our ped also noted the low tone when I mentioned it (though not before), and it's easy for me to see now that I understand what it looks like.

Most of the people we are working with have taken a "wait and see/there's no point in worrying now" approach, but it's very hard not to worry, as I'm sure many of you understand. Whenever I read about something, they always stress how important it is to start early with intervention, so I simply don't want to miss an opportunity to help him if we could. It's very hard to know how interventionist to be vs. How much to just let things go.

It's also very frustrating to see this OT regularly and have her tell us to do more and more exercises with DS to help his development (stressing tummy time, work on head control, roll him over, etc.). It's wonderful to get these exercises now, but it's also hard not ti hear "there's a problem" whenever she examines him and focuses on a new thing. He is ot as alert and talkative and playful as my friend's baby of the same age, and although I know each kid is different, it's hard not to worry.

Moreover, I feel like the experience of having a healthy baby I have no serious worries about has been taken away from me, but in it's place, I have no diagnosis, and miost people think he is just fine. It's hard to feel some of the natural grief and anxiety about this and not have any support mechanisms or be able to really talk about it, since he seems fairly normal. Of course, I love him to pieces and am excited to "show him off" to friends and family and be excited about his development, but there is a naagging worry that he has a greater chance than other babies of having some type of condition, based on his symptoms and problems so far.[/quote]

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