You can see by my name that my daughter is going to be 6 months in July! I was hoping that there might be someone with insight as to when my DS babie might start to fall behind when compared to "typical" children? I understand that children with DS are as different as "typical" children are. As of month 5 Meg has developed like a typical child meeting all her benchmarks. The problem is that I don't want to talk myself into thinking that she is going to be just like her cousin that is 2 weeks older (like my in laws tell me). Meg is wonderful and has a great personality, and I love her more that you could know .... although I bet you know the feeling http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif.
Any insight as to when I might see some delays?

I would say the crawling and walking stage. Can she sit up yet? My Amy had to be taught to sit up because even though she could do it, she did it all WRONG, they said. She would lay flat on her stomach and then bring each leg up right-angle to her waist while pushing her body up with her hands!! It was something to see!! LOL Little did we know it was a no no.
I've got 8 kids so I'm having trouble remembering, but I don't think Amy crawled. I think she went from sitting to pulling herself to a standing position to walking. And we had to trick her into walking. http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif

Meg isn't sitting up on her own yet. She is just starting to do the "belly crawl" Very painful to watch. lol! Thank you for the insight!

Do you have a physical therapist to help her to strengthen her muscles? We were taught to lay her in our laps on her back and push against her feet to get her to push back. Down's babies' muscles are so lax, you know. They need help to strengthen them. We worked on Amy so much that I remember Amy being able to pull herself from a sitting position in my lap to a standing position holding onto my fingers, while her cousin, born 2 days after Amy, couldn't even sit up yet. I was so PROUD!!
Meg sounds like a darling, and every accomplishment will be priceless because she had to work so much harder to get there than other babies. It makes each milestone that much more special!

We have a physical therapist that comes for Keaton. While he has no muscle tone problems he is 8 months old and not sitting yet. Our other two sons were sitting up by 7 to 8 months, I really think and know that Keaton can do it but I think he does not want to he gets around just find when he is on the floor rolling around on his tummy or back. I remember the therapist in the hospital told us that Keaton will do everything that his two older brothers did but he will just do it at a slower pace.I know it will happen soon.

Hi there, my daughter Elizabeth is 5. We felt the same way, I kept thinking, well she seems normal. Anyway, the main thing abotu Downs is that it can go from one extreme to another. Elizabeth (Liz) did the army crawl thing forever, like untill she was 3 or so I believe. But I tell you she could get anywhere FAST doing the army crawl. There are some areas where she is right along side her brother ( 13 months older than her ) and others where she is way behind most kids, (potty training) . But so far things just kind of happen as they happen and after the first year or two, you don't even take notice of when or how long it took them to accomplish something, instead you say, WOW She said a 3 word sentence!! Awesome!!! You celebrate her gains and it makes life so much more enjoyable. I would say by the time your daughter is 1 or 1 1/2 you may notice some changes, howver maybe she has a mild case of DS. Just LOVE her as you are and everything falls into place. Feel free to email me if you'd like, I love talking to other DS Parents!! Erica http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif)

Originally posted by EricaSue:
I would say by the time your daughter is 1 or 1 1/2 you may notice some changes, howver maybe she has a mild case of DS. Just LOVE her as you are and everything falls into place.[/B]

http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/wave.gif Erica's right. I don't remember when it happened but there came a time when I stopped watching for and worrying about milestones and just accepted Amy for herself.
She walked at 20 months, was completely potty-trained by 5, wrote her name Amy at 11 and at 13 finally is putting 2 and 3 words together!! No, no one can understand what she says but me, and then it's only one word........sometimes! LOL But each new hurtle brought such excitement and joy because we knew how much harder it was for Amy to get there!
It's funny though, I don't think of Amy as different than my other 7 kids. Amy is Amy. She's my daughter and I love her and accept her. And thankfully, she accepts me too.
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