Friends adopted a little girl 2 years ago. She's now 4yo. Gorgeous smily little thing who had a terrible start. Basically spent her first year in a cot being ignored.
She's doing really well now and no behavioural problems have come to light but she is severely delayed. Speech and motor skills more like a 2yo.
Obviously, her start in life will have caused some problems but I am surprised just how severe they are.
Is this "normal"? It's made me think about how important the early years are and wonder where I went wrong/could have done better with my dc.
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Early neglect = major development delay
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JumpandScore · 29/11/2015 18:24
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