So, little miss Avi is behind in her gross motor skills. She didn't really begin sitting up unsupported until about thirteen months! Quite concerning. However, her pediatrician has her on track to have an MRI and be seen by a neurologist, and she also is being seen by a physical therapist. She doesn't speak yet either, or even try to mimic sounds we make very much, so she's on the speech pathologist's radar as well. It's all rather frightening. However, her gross motor skills have progressed quite a bit in the last two months; she went from still needing support when sitting, to sitting herself up, and now pulling herself to standing! So, there is some sunshine peeking through the clouds, hopefully.
In the meantime, to help her with her skills, both physical and cognitive, we have started "baby school". Over the next little while, I'll try to post some of our activities. While the Internet abounds with many activities for children of all ages, there are very few formal type programs for children of Avi's age (I.e. 12-18 months). Part of this, I'm sure, is because at this stage children are mostly learning through play, which tends to be quite unstructured. So, what I'm trying to do is create a kind of checklist of activities for each day. Once I get it finalized I will post it here.
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