At 13 months I noticed that Madison was a little different then other kids her age. But I was told multiple times all kids develop at different rates she'll catch up in no time. At 15 months I noticed she hadn't gained any new skills since she was about 12 months she wasn't walking she didn't talk or imitate speech and she didn't really interact with the environment around her. There were several other "red flags" I started to see. She just wasn't developing at all. I waited until she was 15 months to take her in to be tested for developmental delays. My worst fears were that we would hear words like autism or aspergers syndrome! Luckily that's not what we heard andI was so happy after they tested her I was in tears! She tested at 8 months developmentally in most catagories which is quite far behind for her age so since she is so far behind she gets free therapy from the state once a week for an hour until she catches up to her age group in all categories. She also is getting a hearing test to make sure thats not the reason for the delay.
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