Advice need on developmental delays!!!!!
Hi I was just wondering if anyone could offer me any advice on my 9 month old son.
He is my fifth baby and all my other children developed normally at the time they were supposed to. The story with my son starts when I was 11 weeks pregnant, for the first time in my extensive obstetric history I had a bleed. I was told it was a threatened miscarriage, however a scan 2 days later showed baby was fine and pregnancy proceeded with no further complications, he was born at 37+6 all normal. When my son was born, he basically spent the first 4 months of his life asleep. He would only half wake up for a feed. He became slightly more alert by 5 months but didn't reach most of his milestones. He was able to smile, but didn't respond to his name etc(and still doesn't).
To cut a long story short, at 9 1/5 months now, he can only just roll onto his tummy, not back, he cannot sit up even with support, he bears no wright at all onto his legs and cries if I try to encourage him, he can't crawl, he says dadadada, but that is the only sound he really makes, he still has problems when feeding solid or milk, he seems to choke. He still doesn't respond to being called, although I'm pretty sure he can hear. He isnt able to grab things properly, and never puts anything into his mouth.
These are just a few of the concerns I have. I contacted his health visitor at 7 months and was refered to a paediatrician. She did a series if tests on him and he was sitting at about 4.5 months development.
The doctor has refered him for physiotherapy and a hearing test, which 2 months later I'm still waiting for! She will then review him again at 14 months.
I really don't mean to sound impatient but I would really welcome any advice as the weeks are ticking by and I'm still seeing no improvement in my little man.
I know all babies develop at different rates, but I can't help but be worried.
Any advice would be warmly welcomed.
Hi I was just wondering if anyone could offer me any advice on my 9 month old son.
He is my fifth baby and all my other children developed normally at the time they were supposed to. The story with my son starts when I was 11 weeks pregnant, for the first time in my extensive obstetric history I had a bleed. I was told it was a threatened miscarriage, however a scan 2 days later showed baby was fine and pregnancy proceeded with no further complications, he was born at 37+6 all normal. When my son was born, he basically spent the first 4 months of his life asleep. He would only half wake up for a feed. He became slightly more alert by 5 months but didn't reach most of his milestones. He was able to smile, but didn't respond to his name etc(and still doesn't).
To cut a long story short, at 9 1/5 months now, he can only just roll onto his tummy, not back, he cannot sit up even with support, he bears no wright at all onto his legs and cries if I try to encourage him, he can't crawl, he says dadadada, but that is the only sound he really makes, he still has problems when feeding solid or milk, he seems to choke. He still doesn't respond to being called, although I'm pretty sure he can hear. He isnt able to grab things properly, and never puts anything into his mouth.
These are just a few of the concerns I have. I contacted his health visitor at 7 months and was refered to a paediatrician. She did a series if tests on him and he was sitting at about 4.5 months development.
The doctor has refered him for physiotherapy and a hearing test, which 2 months later I'm still waiting for! She will then review him again at 14 months.
I really don't mean to sound impatient but I would really welcome any advice as the weeks are ticking by and I'm still seeing no improvement in my little man.
I know all babies develop at different rates, but I can't help but be worried.
Any advice would be warmly welcomed.
. He didn't do all the things that you have explained, the only exception is the sleep part-my son rarely slept for more than 1-2hours at a time for the first 3yrs 
xx
