tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792520621180872664.post1024659660393584217..comments2016-02-16T00:05:40.565-08:00Comments on Confessions of a Co-sleeper: A refreshing view on child developmentAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057320365645931085noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792520621180872664.post-38052737740621871252011-06-25T08:11:15.809-07:002011-06-25T08:11:15.809-07:00Good post Amy! I totally agree that we don't n...Good post Amy! I totally agree that we don't need to be so worried about our child being the IT kid. or whether they are a few months behind in some aspects.. babies and children are all so different from one another. My brother is a pediatrician and it drives him nuts when parents want to put their children in kindergarten a year early so they can "get ahead" or because they think their child is "advanced enough." I say let kids be kids! <br /><br />However, with some things, I do think parental intervention does make a difference. My sister struggles with 2 sons who have autism and her third showed the same early signs of being "delayed." the same sort of signs that her other sons were showing at the same age (my sister majored in speech pathology and could recognize certain things early on).. anywho, they were featured in the sacramento magazine and it's an awesome article about how much parents do affect how their children learn and interact. Even to the point that it could help curve something as serious as autism. I'm not saying that if your child is delayed, they could be autistic or have something else wrong with them but I do feel that the time we spend with our children and the ways we help our babies learn directly affect how they turn out. Just my thoughts. :) Here's the link to that article:<br />http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/22/3640449/science-parents-gain-on-autismthe.html#storylink=misearch<br />(and on a side note, thanks to the therapy and my sister's efforts, her son has progressed enough for them to declare that he no longer shows any signs of autism anymore and should grow up completely normal. My sis just told me this the other day)Sam and Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14175811509001343476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792520621180872664.post-56725182725554231702011-06-25T08:06:37.539-07:002011-06-25T08:06:37.539-07:00Thank you for posting this. My oldest has a signif...Thank you for posting this. My oldest has a significant speech delay and it is an effort everyday to get her to do even the basic things and we are constantly working on our therapy program and it is easy to get bogged down in the work of raising Violet and forget that she is a perfect sweet child and how much I love her just the way she is. We do everything a little differently to accomodate Violets needs and it is a constant reminder to me that we are all on our own path, we all have trials and we all have different blessings, but we are all children of God and he loves us. The point of life is not to be the best and brightest, it is to become Christlike. Developmental delays are a trial sometimes, but a lot of blessings come from the work we do to overcome them.EPVCCorierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030582156078863231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792520621180872664.post-28607530747371261472011-06-25T07:44:46.478-07:002011-06-25T07:44:46.478-07:00Wow, amy so insightful and really amazing. I have ...Wow, amy so insightful and really amazing. I have a son with a few developmental delays, and well he is just him and will always be just perfect. Instead of fighting to be the "perfect" everything lets just be who we are and love that. (I may need to take my own advice to heart a little more often)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054497817775665252noreply@blogger.com