Developmental Paed
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Topic: Developmental Paed
Posted By: cuppatea
Subject: Developmental Paed
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:16am
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Has anyone been to see one of these? if so what do they do?
Our GP has referred us because Spencer is a little behind where he should be, I am in agreement with this as he seems to even be behind babies who are a month younger than him. I know they all develop differently but just general observation of milestones, and also he was outside the age range for sitting by the time he did it, he is still way off crawling and his language is behind as well, he still only makes random noises he doesn't really try to make real sounds except sometimes making ma and mum noises but that's maybe once or twice a day. Doc said could be month or two before appointment and if Spencer has caught up by then then we may cancel the appointment but just curious as to what they do. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 11:19pm
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Hmm sounds weird they have referred you this early. Alize doesnt hardly have any words at all. The only milestones we are looking for is that he can sit unaided by 9mths and is is trying to babble, grasphing and reaching toys and is starting to use fine motor skills. SOme babies dont crawl or walk till they are 18mth old and as long as he has 1 word by one year I think he sounds pretty normal. Just doesnt sound right to me unless there are completely different reasons he has referred you for. Did you ask for the referral? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 8:08am
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No part of the reason for the referal is because it takes so long to get an appointment and the gp wanted us in the system now. The gp also wants to see him before the paed appointment and then the paed appointment might be cancelled if the gp is happy with his progress. The other thing is that Spencer has congenital nystagmus and the gp is worried this may be affecting his development. -------------
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 12:12pm
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Its not very common that congenital nystamus causes developmental problems depending onte severity of it or if there are other eye problems present. I guess he is using the paed appt as a back up oppose to Spencer actually having any development problems at present. Hopefully when he sees Spencer at the next appt all is well. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 12:35pm
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I don't know anything about congenital nystagmus, but both my gremlins were fairly slow developers initially, they didn't sit unaided till 8 months. They crawled at 10 which is apparently average and then walked at 13 1/2 so they did catch up, altho their language development is still a bit behind IMO.
Good luck with the developmental paed, will be interesting to hear what he/she says. I know Fiona S had an appt with a paed re: Elle's development so she might be able to give you some ideas what to expect. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 1:17pm
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We saw one when Elle was about 11mths because of her grizzling / unsettledness and because she wasn't crawling. She wasn't considered behind as her language and fine motor skills were advanced but she was so miserable. They weren't very helpful..just asked questions, got Elle to do various things and then said she was fine and just "temperamentally difficult" and possibly a "gifted child". They also mentioned ADHD but said we wouldn't know until she was closer to school age.
I guess it is worth a go but 10mths is pretty young. Elle rolled once at 4mths, sat by 5 but then didn't roll again, or crawl or pull to stand until after learning to walk. She walked at 12mths and did the other things after that. Some kids just have a different timeline for things. hugs. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 1:30pm
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Thanks Fiona.
The nystagmus might not have anything to do with it, we do see an eye specialist and he is happy that Spencer can see just fine, as am I, but he does always ask about his general development as the eye condition can be caused by neurological problems. At this stage because his eyes look as though they are formed normally and his sight also seems to be normal they aren't doing any further tests just seeing him every three months to keep and eye on it....lol and also because any tests such as MRI's or CT scans require him to have a general so at this stage the benefit of the having the scan is out weighed by having to have the general, but if he is also considered to have developmental problems than that scale might tip the other way. I will just say here that I don't think that that is the case and neither does the eye specialist or the gp but everyone is just being cautious. I would much prefer a wasted appointment with the paed than to not bother and then find there are problems further down the track that could have been helped if he had been seen sooner. I was more just curious as to what a developmental paed would do and what they would be looking for. The gp checked him over yesterday and we went through a whole list of things a couple of weeks ago, not sure what else paed could do really. -------------
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 8:02pm
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We have seen a neurodevelopmental pead since Ashleigh was born. We actually just had an appt with her on thursday and she has discharged us as she is totally happy with Ashleigh and her development now.
She comes to our house and basically just watches Ashleigh play and how she does things. She brings all sorts of differnt toys that promote different responses to see how she handles things and how her brain works. She watches for small things like how she throws a ball, whether she can use a spoon etc. She also asks me alot of questions about behaviour, language skills, her attention span etc. I'm sure Spencer will be fine  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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