I have a new 12 month old that just started with me 3 weeks ago. The first week she did well but then got sick and was out for a few days. When she came back she was a mess. She cosleeps at home and is up breastfeeding 4-5x a night. Parents did nothing to get her ready for daycare. So I told the parents they needed to sort out her nightime sleep or I will need to terminate. Luckily they did and she came in yesterday happy and engaged with the environment. Zero crying.
Then today she is back to being a mess again. She cries and follows me around wanting to be picked up. I have never had a kid do this. They are usually so independent at this age. In my opinion she is developmentally delayed. She cannot pull to stand and has trouble self feeding at meal times. She also startles easily and seems to have rigid joints.
I am just not sure what is going on. How much crying is normal at this age? How much do you pick kids up when they are wanting to be picked up? I don’t want to encourage more crying. I picked her up today and she sat with me while we all coloured at the table but as soon as I put her down she started crying again. Mom says she is not like this at home at all and is not cuddly at all. I just don’t understand what is going on. I thought it was all sleep related.
Then today she is back to being a mess again. She cries and follows me around wanting to be picked up. I have never had a kid do this. They are usually so independent at this age. In my opinion she is developmentally delayed. She cannot pull to stand and has trouble self feeding at meal times. She also startles easily and seems to have rigid joints.
I am just not sure what is going on. How much crying is normal at this age? How much do you pick kids up when they are wanting to be picked up? I don’t want to encourage more crying. I picked her up today and she sat with me while we all coloured at the table but as soon as I put her down she started crying again. Mom says she is not like this at home at all and is not cuddly at all. I just don’t understand what is going on. I thought it was all sleep related.
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