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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of kids cant do those things at that age.  Your day care teachers are not being realistic. A child under two should not be pinging with a brush. I would do the MRI at this point, personally.[/quote]

Please don’t mitigate her concern. You may think you’re being reassuring but you’re gaslighting her into believing her very valid concerns and her knowledge about her own child are wrong. They are not. Kids can play and point and speak and move at this age. She is right to be concerned and right to be proactive. EI is critical at this age and people saying “lots of kids don’t talk or play or walk until 4 and then they’re in AP in high school” do parents and kids a disservice by convincing them to wait and see and waste that precious time. [/quote]

No one is mitigating the concern but the preschool teachers are not being developmentally appropriate to think that age can paint. [/quote]

And if you have read the OP you will note she has other standalone concerns and is only using the preschool teachers’ observations to substantiate her own worries. Holding a brush and being able to swipe it across paper is something kids this age can do. I would hand my kids paintbrushes with paint on it and let them do this at 11-12 months. No it’s not sophisticated painting but it’s a gross motor skill and he can’t do it in addition to other gross motor skills that children his age should be able to do. [/quote]

OP here again. Yes, I obviously don’t mean paint in that way you are thinking. The toddlers are given brushes with paint to just swipe across a sheet of paper back and forth making a mess and with the teachers guidance. My son I was told could not hold the brush and imitate that behavior. It’s his failure to grasp that concept that worries me. He can hold a brush and pick up stuff with his hands... I don’t think I’m explaining myself well.

There are numerous examples that I observed myself and one that can to mind is when my daughter rolled a ball to him and we tried to show him to roll back to her and he doesn’t get that. I think the most jarring example for me is his inability to put things in a box despite numerous attempts to show him.

The county PT suggested that we also do private PT as he may need both the coaching and direct approach. She also suggested private speech therapy as the county doesn’t offer those services for kids under 2. [/quote]

I would do private pt, ot and speech given the concerns but I would also follow up with the neurologist and mri.  Lots of kids care annot hold a paint brush and that is a bad example but the lack of walking and other concerns are what I would focus on.   There is clearly something going on but it’s hard to tell at this age and it’s mainly rule outs now. [/quote]

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