Development

So my son will be 8 months in a couple of days. He was born at 35 w 6d. He’s come a very far way, but I still feel like I’m not doing enough to help him along. It took him until he was 7 months to fully lift his head. He doesn’t reach for things. He holds onto toys for a moment but then drops them. But everything else he’s excelled in. I just kinda feel like I could and should be doing more but being a first time mom I don’t know what else I can do. The pediatrician wants him to see a physical therapist but we’ve been to so many different specialists that it just makes me feel like I’m doing a crappy job at being a mom. Any advice??
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You aren’t a crappy mom your baby just need extra help and that’s ok! You can reach out to early intervention to have him evaluated and they will come to you to do the therapies or if he is in daycare they can go there and work with him. That’s the whole reason they exist to help you know WHAT/ HOW to work on stuff. I was a nanny before my son and I still need his therapies to know what to do for his specific situation.

https://www.michigan.gov/mikidsmatter/programs/early-on

@Ryann thank you😭❤️

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