Gig kid makes me wonder.
He didn't sit up unassisted until he was 12 months old. He's now 15 months and will still be sitting on the floor, playing with a toy, and just topple over. I mean, his head aims for the floor like it's a magnet. He doesn't put his arms out to steady himself or catch himself. He hits his head on the floor every.single.day.
He just started crawling at 13 months.
He's started to walk a few steps, but never gets too far away from the furniture. He's very unbalanced, as any baby is when they first start taking steps.
He's still on a formula/whole milk mix in a bottle and on baby food. I completely understand that it's the parent's decision on how long they drink formula and eat baby food. I get that. But while he's at my house (6:45am - 3:30pm), he gets one jar of food and drinks the rest of his meals. Also, he still doesn't know how to eat the baby food because he just started it and gags on it every day because they buy him the stage 3 chunky stuff.
Flame me if I deserve it, but I judge these parents every day. It's very obvious they don't play with him or encourage his development. I feel very terrible when I wonder if the kid is just slow and they don't know it or they haven't told me.
Re: S/O Oface's Judgy post - have you ever wondered if there's something wrong with a kid?
[QUOTE]Jesus. I would try to say something, if you can.
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I have been at a complete loss at what I would say if I did. DH tells me it's not my place. What if they know he's got something wrong with hiim? But at the same time, shouldn't they tell his daycare provider?
Also, this kid is still waking up 3-4 times in the middle of the night. And they give him a bottle. And they wonder why he won't eat more during the day.
I'd also tell the woman about your cocerns on development and that she might want to talk to her doctor. you spend more time with the kid than her and can track his behavior better.
"Mom, Please bring kid stage 1 baby food. I cannot feed him stage 3 as it is too thinck and he is choking on it. Starting tomorrow I will not feed him stage 3 out of concern for his safety. Also, i have noticed that kid seems to have trouble with (activity) - you might want to bring this up with pedi, because at this age, it might be a sign of another issue."
That sucks.
THe last time I was concnerned...well, nephew is autistic.
Is there anyone else you can drag into this? to help or be objective? nurse? sundayschool teacher? SOMEONE else who sees gigkid?
Otherwise, yeah, Ms. Leg is the way to go.
andplusoh, yes to the 'no stage 3. won't do it' push.