Feeling very alone.

All three of my kids developed very differently. They all get there eventually. When they are in Kindergarten, will anyone know if they sat up at 9 months or 5 months? No, they won’t. My oldest has Down Syndrome, my middle was kind of slow on things but you’d never know now at 2.5 years and my youngest is just wanting to catch up to sister as fast as she can. My niece was valedictorian and got into Cornell and she didn’t walk until 15 months old. Her mom says she was the laziest baby. 😆

@Abby thank you so much for this. It’s very stressful right now because everyone’s baby it seems is rolling over at freaking 3 months. 😂😂 I feel a TON of mom guilt for my son being developmentally behind. He’s working with a physical therapist to catch up and I know he’ll get there eventually, but it’s just really hard right now!

Hey!im totally in the same boat and its constantly on my mind. My son is 8 months as well and he still has not started babbling. He was late with rolling over from belly to back and it took him quite awhile to sit up without tumbling over. He is meeting milestones…just not on time as everyone else. But every baby is different and if you’re concerned, talk to your pediatrician!! we have a plan that if by 9 months he still isn’t babbling that we would look into early intervention. I feel like my son is definitely “different”. He is smart but he just learns differently than some babies and that is OK. My teachers recommended to hold me back in kindergarten because I couldn’t tell the difference between a square and a triangle. My mom didn’t listen and I became an advanced learner/reader. I was in all advanced classes and was a honor roll student. I eventually graduated as the valedictorian. You just never know❤️

I have 4 kids. Each one developed so differently. My July baby is my slowest development baby but she's getting to where she should. She didn't roll over until 5 months old. Recently she just randomly started crawling and then sitting up all on her own. It was like an overnight kind of thing. She couldn't do it and then she could. I had one child walking at 10 months old and one that didn't even stand up until almost 1. I wouldn't worry. They do things on thier own time. 🩷

In my experience it’s all relative. We’ve been through physical therapy and feeding therapy. His therapists all said it’s not a hard and fast rule and more of a time range. Certain skills usually achieved between month x to month y with skill a learned before skill b is ideal but not always necessary. It’s so hard to not compare, but if pediatrician isn’t worried, try not to worry. My niece didn’t crawl until 12 months and my babe is about to crawl at 8 months and due to their different sizes both were considered normal.

Every baby is different ❤️. And your baby is still young. My middle child was talking later than my oldest. Ny older child was sitting before my younger 2, and my middle child was holding his head up earlier in tummy time than the other 2 and so forth. No worries, momma, just keep loving your baby ❤️

I absolutely feel you. My babe is in early intervention and receives weekly therapies. It’s very isolating, and sometimes hard being in mom groups or dropping her off at daycare and seeing what the other babies her age are doing. I had PPD and got therapy/medication and it really helped me to stop fixating on worst case scenarios. Now I just love my babe so much every day, go with the flow, and support her however I can. I realize more everyday how little control I have and I just try to find joy. Sending love❤️