I have 10.5 month old boy/girl twins. My son is right on target as far as crawling, pulling up and getting himself into a sitting position. My daughter just started crawling a few weeks ago but on her belly. She can get up on all fours but doesn’t crawl this way. She has not figured out how to sit herself …
Q&A: Can Mild Hearing Loss Contribute to a Learning Delay?
My son turned a year old a couple weeks ago. He was a few weeks early, but not technically premature. He is not yet clapping, pointing, waving, or playing peek-a-boo. He also really only says, “Dada.” However, at times he has sounded like he is saying “mama,” and “night, night” at bedtime. I’ve been trying to get him to use …
Q&A: 3 Month Old Baby with Stiff Legs
My daughter was born 3 months ago via c-section (she was breech). Since birth, she has been very rigid and stiff. Her legs would constantly lock tight and she could even stand on her feet with straight legs (being held of course) within the first month or so. I’m just concerned because I’ve been reading stuff about cerebral palsy and …
Q&A: 7 Year Old Started Mispronouncing Words
My seven year old son has recently started mispronouncing words he used to pronounce correctly. He is very bright (is being tested for the gifted program at school) and was a very early reader. Some of the mispronunciation seems to be related to how he is now “seeing” words he is reading, but it still seems strange. By way of …
Q&A: 3 Month Old Not Cooing – Should Hearing be Tested?
My daughter is 12 weeks old. She does not really coo. She makes a few noises here and there throughout the day, but doesn’t really respond when I try to get her to make more. Her doctor said he is not concerned right now, but if she isn’t cooing by her 4 month visit, we should have her hearing tested. …
Q&A: Speech Therapy for a Child with PVL (Periventricular Leukomalacia)
What types of therapy could the speech therapist do with my child who has PVL (Periventricular leukomalacia)? He is 14 months old and doesn’t have an interest in toys. Periventricular leukomalacia is often seen in premature infants when there is decreased blood flow to the brain before, during or after birth. Due to the decrease in blood flow to the …
Q&A: Recommendations for Bilingual Speech Therapy for Toddlers
I am writing on behalf of family members who have 2-1/2-year-old twin boys. The boys were preemies. They live in a bilingual household in New Jersey. The family is interested in private speech therapy for the boys in their home; they are not interested in institutional or state intervention that may stigmatize the boys at a later age. They are …
Q&A: 8 Month Old Underweight and Not Drinking Milk
I have a neighbor that has an 8 month old child. The baby can hardly turn over, or hold his bottle. She refuses to put him on his tummy and when I’m around I make him lay that way. She doesn’t like it because he fusses while on his tummy. He can’t push himself up at all. He can barely …
Visual Skills Development for Babies and Toddlers
The visual system of a newborn takes time to develop. Although infants are born with all of the eye structures needed to see, they need to learn how to use them together. Infants will spend much of their early months developing visual skills such as focusing, eye teaming, eye movements, depth perception, and eye-hand coordination. The following visual abilities listed …
Early Intervention & Special Needs Resources That We Love
We constantly strive to gather a useful collection of resources and links to help parents with questions on child development delays, early intervention, social and emotional development, atypical child development and more. Adaptive Sports & Recreation Resources American Association of Adapted Sports Program – works with educational agencies o establish programs in interscholastic adapted sports for students with physical …