18m dd delayed development HELP

[Khay1234]

Hello all, my first time posting a thread on here. But I wanted to know if anyone has been in the same situation as me and what has the outcome been of your dc.
My dd is 17m 2weeks, she has been very delayed reaching all her milestones. She rolled over at 10m, started sitting at 11-12m with cushions behind her to catch her fall, 14m she started sitting with no support. Now at 17m she is able to turn whilst sitting as she tries to reach of for toys she manages to do a 360 turn. She ends up hun shuffling forward but I dont think she realises. She doesn’t pull up to stand although when I get her up she is able to bear weight and is able to hold on to chair etc.

At 17m she doesn’t have any understanding, she doesn’t point doesn’t wave doesn’t clap. She has good eye contact, responds to her name she’s a happy baby, loves attention. She doesn’t self feed but she eats most things when been fed. She sleeps pretty well. She’s been seen by the paediatrician and all she’s said is gdd. I guess she’s too young to be diagnosed. She’s had two sessions of physio also. Sometimes I suspect autism but there are no obvious traits such as hand flapping etc.

Extremely worried about my dd. If anyone has any experience to share please do so would love to know.

Hi, I don't have a dd like your lovely dd, but I didn't want you to sit on unanswered threads so am bumping for you.
It is great that you have been referred, and already seen by the Paediatrician and is already getting physio.

@BackforGood thankyou for your message x

I just wanted to message to let you know you aren't alone 🙂 Our DS1 has been diagnosed with GDD with a delay between 18mths-2yrs behind where you would expect him to be and he also is delayed with his speech. He is also delayed with his toileting and still doesn't know when he needs to go.

Like your DD, he was delayed across all areas of his development and with all his main milestones like crawling, starting to walk etc. He started to crawl on his first birthday & didn't walk until he was nearly 2. He didn't clap until he was 17mths, he jumped for the first time at 34mths and said his name for the first time just after his 4th birthday - I cannot tell you how much joy that filled me with! The fact he could finally tell someone his name if they asked is a huge thing, I was so concerned with him starting school and not being able to say his name!

As our first child I knew he was delayed in comparison to my friends children of the same age but it was only at his 2yr check with the HV that we started being referred to speech therapy and the community paediatrician. He is also really small for his age and has just started wearing 2yr clothes, so we are having talks with geneticists to see if there is a reason for this.

We have had quite a few different people so far involved to help with his development including occupational therapy, music therapy and speech therapy sessions for 2 years (although these have been put on hold on and off due to covid). He has recently started putting together 2-3 simple words. We went on a signalong course when he was 2 and started using signs with him to help with his frustrations and I would highly recommend it! It really helped him to start to communicate more of his needs & wants before he could say the word.

He is now 4yrs 7mths and started mainstream school in September. He's a summer baby so we could have requested to delay his start but decided against that as hoped being in school with peers his age & older would help bring him along with his development more! He has settled into reception really well, much better than we and the teachers expected. We have just applied for his EHCP which I'm hoping we will get and it will be in place for when he starts Yr1. The other children in his class are all very kind to him and help him do things, apparently they all realise he needs more help and do treat him like a younger child rather than an equal peer.

I know you shouldn't compare your children but it's very hard not to at times! Our DS2 is now 2yrs 3mths and developmentally they are definitely in a very similar place, he actually strings together much longer sentences already. I find it amazing when DS2 starts doing already something that DS1 has just started doing, then I have to remind myself that DS2 is actually doing something at the right time milestone while and DS1 is really delayed!

@luckymagnoliatree thankyou for your message. Il pm if that’s okay x