I'm trying really hard to keep my cool but I am just seething...
I first brought concerns about DD's visual perception and hand-eye coordination to my pediatrician at her 18 month check up. Despite being *miles* ahead of every other child in Gymboree in literally every exercise and game they played I noticed that she was the only baby who could not catch a bubble during the song at the end of class. The only one. Not once. Ever. Pediatrician told me "She's so far ahead in everything something that's age appropriate appears to be a deficit even when it not." No, it appeared to be a deficit because it was a deficit... For 3 1/2 years I continued to raise my concerns every, single, office, visit. She didn't want to color or do puzzles or shape sorters or crafts. She didn't want to feed herself and didn't develop a pincer grasp. She had a weird crawl - used one foot and one knee. "Crawling is not a developmental milestone. It doesn't matter how she crawls as long as she finds a way to get from one place to another." I want to scream - and go back in time and shake some sense into that woman!
So it all fits and yes I had concerns. 9 years later (and 4 years after specifically asking about pursuing visual therapy) we are finally addressing it. So now DD has all these years of accommodating to undue.
Yeah - I want to scream...
