Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent

 

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Outfit Details

Dress: Rachel Parcell // Shoes: Nordstrom // Purse: OAD New York // Earrings: Kendra Scott // Bracelet: Kendra Scott // Bracelets: Kendra Scott // Watch: Arvo Wear // Jackie's Dress: Hanna Andersson // Jackie's Rain Jacket: Target // Jackie's Shoes: Target

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Milestones

Every child is different. As parents we are given milestones for when our children should do certain things but they are all just guidelines. They will start teething at 6-8 months. They will start crawling at 8-10 months. They will start walking at 12-15 months. They will start talking at 12-18 months. Will they though? There are instances where milestones need to be monitored and they are a gauge for other serious problems. But in Jackie's case, I try not to worry too much.

Some kids start walking early, some don't walk until well past a year. Some kids talk early on, some don't start until they are much older than expected. That is what is great about kids. They are all different. Yes, milestones are used to gauge if there is something else going on with a child. Do I wonder if Jackie is behind on things because she hasn't hit a milestone? I would be lying if I said no. But there are others she is much more advanced on so I feel like it balances out. She will develop at the pace she will develop at. I keep an eye on her and bring my concerns to her doctor but I don't spend hours reading about what she should and shouldn't be doing at each age.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Teething

Jackie got her first teeth at 4 months. And it wasn't a big deal. She didn't have any of the teething side effects and one day I looked down and she had two teeth on her bottom gums. Now she has almost a full mouth of teeth, at not even 18 months old. And when I say a full mouth of teeth, I mean everything but her 2nd molars. I am pretty sure she is working on cutting those as we speak. She has more teeth than some kids twice her age. I don't worry about her choking on things because she doesn't put anything in her mouth that isn't food and when it is food, she has the teeth to chew it fully.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Crawling & Walking

Jackie didn't start crawling until 10 months. She showed few signs of even wanting to crawl. Tummy time was hard for her, painful actually. Jackie has a herniated belly button. When she was tiny, it made laying on her stomach difficult and uncomfortable so she really didn't spend much time doing it. As she has gotten older, the herniated belly button has started to heal on it's own so you can't even tell anymore. But it impacted her crawling.

Except, one day, she started to crawl. But instead of crawling over to something she wanted, she crawled over to a chair and pulled herself up. She was then determined to walk. Before she was even 11 months old, she was walking on her own. She hardly crawled at all. And that was ok.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Talking

Jackie has always been very vocal. I have videos of her starting at about 2 months were she is making tons of noise, chatting away. However, at 17 months, she isn't talking. She points at things, grabs me when she wants me to do something and has a handful of "words" she uses. Those words are not at all decipherable but they mean something to her. And she sings. If a song she knows is on, she will sing. Loudly. Right now, I am not too worried that she doesn't have a bigger vocabulary. Jackie has her own way of communicating and it works for her. She doesn't get frustrated when she can't say something, instead she finds a way to communicate what she wants. Will I talk to the doctor about her limited vocabulary? Yes. Am I concerned? Not yet.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Developmental

The paper we get from the doctors at each check up are pretty funny. I see a lot of the developmental things and wonder who decides those are what the child should be doing. At 17 months, Jackie loves to swim. She puts her face INTO water. And not just pools. The bathtub, the sink, a puddle. Any body of standing water will suffice. And she has been doing that since she was 14 months old. Jackie can build a tower and knock it down with the best of them. She will find a screw in the most obscure place and make sure everyone in the room knows she found it. She will  then proceed to try to figure out how to remove said screw. Jackie rearranges furniture. If she can move it, it will be moved. Jackie associates her toys to the movies she watches. If she is watching Moana, she gets her Moana doll. If she wants me to sing "Let It Go" she brings me Elsa. Her newest trick is that she has figured out how to unscrew the lids off of her cups. Which is lovely when the contents are still in them. We are working on fixing that one!

Jackie doesn't like dolls or sweeping or dusting. She likes to make puddles with her cups and play in them. She likes to take toys apart and then try to put them back together. Jackie marches to the beat of her own drum and makes sure everyone else listens to the beat too.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Moving Forward

Jackie will likely be somewhere on the Autism Spectrum. I know that. I have the tools and the knowledge to make sure she gets the help and attention she needs at the earliest possible moment. I chose her doctors because they were willing to listen to me about this. Sometimes I feel like I am sitting on a bomb, waiting for it to go off. Could she be neuro-typical and I am just paranoid? Yes. But genetically, she is more likely to be on the Spectrum. Atypical or neuro-typical, Jackie will get everything she needs.  For now, I am not worried about the milestones she needs to be hitting. Because she is hitting others and will develop at her own pace.

Why I Don't Worry About Milestone As A Parent | Shop The Post

[show_shopthepost_widget id="3273032"]