DD was oxygen starved at birth, she has CP but has eventually met all gross and fine motor milestones, orally fed and has now a functional level of language (so on paper looks pretty good) but she has without a doubt cognitive issues which have become very obvious since we had a second child and we can now see the innate natural curiosity which she has never had.
Most noticeably she doesn't play without a 1-2-1 aid helping her - she will run about outdoors, but after a fortnight her slide is being ignored, she will push her doll pram up the road with me, but as soon as we walk back inside she has forgotten it. She doesn't invent games with her friends, she doesn't 'get' puzzles or models, or drawing or craft and yet when she sits with an adult she will stay on task for a very great deal longer. She doesn't like reading or scribbling, can't ride her bike - has a completely defeatist attitude and simply won't try anything new. including toilet training but thats another story
She seems to see no point or joy in playing which upsets me a great deal - she just wants to sit on the sofa, watch endless runs of cbeebies and chew stuff. Can I help her? If so how? We have access to all sorts of specialists but nobody seems able to give us clues as to how we can help her enjoy the world around her.