I know a mom who carries her sonn alllll the time. And her Daughters carry him ALL the time as well.…

Ok ☺☺ this means he is ok💜

My daughter is five. 5.5 technically and has never slept through the night. Usually wakes twice.

I appreciate this comment 💜💜

all kids have the capability to do things, if they are allowed and encouraged.

Its a boy. He never even tries . he just reaches for them cause he know they are going to pick him up. 😞 like no effort is being made. 😞

that's typical of younger children and not out the norm. If there isn't any physical or intellectual concerns then he will catch up eventually.

ok 🙌🏿🙌🏿 i neededthis cause i worry for her.

@hardknockmama yeah I had plenty of people tell me that my daughter's delays weren't a big deal either, but they were wrong and if I would have listened to them because I couldn't face the truth I would have wasted valuable time and I have no doubt my daughter wouldn't be doing as well as she is today.

It would be a good idea to have professionals make the decision if his delays are worth worrying about or not. Because yes, children do develop in different ways and some kids will be fine and will catch up with their peers all on their own, but other kids need extra help and the sooner they get that help the better the overall outcome.

Just an fyi

Please let the child's mother know that... You can contact Early Intervention yourself you don't need a doctor's referral.

Honestly contacting EI was one of the best things I have ever done for my daughter.

Once you contact EI they will send a therapist out to your home and evaluate.. If the child is found to have a 30% delay in any area and are under 3 years old they will qualify for services.

EI will send out whatever therapists that are needed to the home on a weekly basis. EI also works on a sliding scales based on income so it's extremely affordable.

My daughter saw a Developmental therapist, a Physical therapist, an Occupational Therapist, and a Speech Therapist all in our home and it only cost us $20 a month which was a godsend since my daughter didn't receive her autism diagnosis until she was 3 years old and our insurance wouldn't cover her therapies without a diagnosis and her therapy cost over $100 an hour which we simply couldn't afford. But EI allowed our daughter to receive her much needed therapies.

A quick google search should supply you with your state's early intervention phone number or your pediatrician should have their contact information

😱what kind of services can he qualify for under 3? And i believe i heard of something like that here. Its called "early on"

all the services that he would need. For example physical therapy got my daughter walking, Developmental and speech therapy helped my daughter learn to talk. Occupational therapy helped my daughter with her gross and fine motor skills and balance because her vestibular system is wonky, once she learned to walk she walked like she was drunk and stumbled around and would walk right into walls because she had no concept of where her body was in space. All of those therapies were given to her through early intervention until she aged out at 3 years old.

EI also immediately got her into preschool the moment she turned 3 and set up all of her needed therapies through the school and came with me for my daughter's first IEP with the school

Seriously, contacting EI was one of the best things I've ever done for my daughter. She will be 5 in August and she walks, runs, jumps, climbs, is more steady on her feet and is less clumsy, she talks, she can read knows all of her numbers and shapes etc etc she's thriving

😱😱 hope that is not the case 😭