Worried Mom
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My little one cried from the time she was one month old until she was 6 months old. Non stop, colic type crying all hours she was awake. The best we and the Dr. could determine was it was acid reflux, but medication would help for only a short time and then suddenly lose it's effect. She grew out of it early but by 6 months old was showing significant developmental delays. We saw improvement but as she began cutting teeth and had a couple of minor issues, she still had a rough time and wasn't a very happy baby. By 11 months old she was sitting up, crawling and able to say dadadada (not meaning Daddy). Just before her first birthday she developed a horrible cold, ear infection, etc, that basically didn't go away for two months. During that time she stopped being vocal at all, and now (at 15 months), for the past month or so she's just doing "aaaahhh" type sounds but has made tremendous progress in other areas, she's happy, more outgoing, more attentive to things going on around her, more interested in actually playing with toys, can stand while holding onto something, walk around furniture, etc. I was very happy with this progress but her pediatrician, not so much. She still thinks something is "missing." She has been getting pt/ot and is being referred for speech therapy too, and her Doctor also wants her to be seen by a developmental specialist, but there's a huge waiting list. So in the meantime I'm just wondering if anyone else has had an experience with their child's temporary medical problems interfering with development. (Also, she began early intervention at 6 months, has been evaluated for hearing and vision with no problems.)