When I read Carrie's blog on Hannah on Hannah's global development delays at 12 months, I ran through Adel's development with Carrie's checklist and the following is what I'm pleasantly surprised to say about Adel:
Social & Emotional
1. Shy or anxious with strangers- yes
2. Cries when mother or father leaves- yes
3. Enjoys imitating poeple in his play- yes, yes, yes (he imitates us syringing, cleaning up spills, Nayli's funny faces, funny gestures he sees on TV etc.. and the list goes on)
4. Show specific preferences for certain things people and toys- yes
5. Test parental responses to his actions during feedings- yes (he hides his face in a cute way behind his high chair when he doesn't want anymore, puts his feet into his food, when he gets reprimanded by Ayah, cheekily pulls his foot out)
6.Tests parental responses to his behaviour - yes (he switches TV on & off, turns up DVD volumne, when he gets reprimanded, turn it down, in a split second continues turning volumne up again)
7. May be fearful in some situations- yes
8. Repeats sounds or gesture for attention - yes (although he's left vocal cord palsy, he does repeats basic sounds, as for gesture..in many ways, we understand his unique sign language)
9. Finger feeds himself -yes (he prefers to do so himself, but very wary of non-liquidified food)
10. Extends arm or leg to help being dressed- yes (he even tries to put his nappy on himself!)
Cognitive
1. Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping) - yes to all
2. Finds hidden objects easily- yes, he's got sharp eyes
3. Looks at correct picture when the image is named- yes (he knows all his princesses like the back of his hand)
4. Imitates gestures - yes (imitates funny mannerisms from TV, like Mr. Bean's silly expressions, dances with Hi5)
5. Begins to use objects correctly, drinking from cup, brushing hair, dialing phone, listening to receiver)- yes
Language
1. Pays increasing attention to speech - yes (but limited due to his left vocal cord palsy)
2. Responds to simple verbal requests- yes
3. Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for "no"- yes (Adel's more varied in gestures, he's got his own way of compensating to his limited vocal capacity)
4. Babbles with inflection (changes in tone) - yes (very softly though)
5. Says "dada" and "mama" - yes ("mama" and "ayah" can be heard very clearly, now he calls out to his caregiver "aimah")
6. Uses exclamations, such as "On-oh" - er..(he opens his eyes wide and his expressions says "oops") should be counted as a "yes"?
7. Tries to imitate words- yes (he says "ha-ha" when he wants to listen to his favourie "ketchup song hey-hah")
Movement
1. Reaches sitting position without assistance -yes (recently only)
2. Crawls forward on belly- yes
3. Creeps on hands and knees- yes
4. Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position- yes
5. Pulls up to stand- yes
6. Walks holding on to furniture- yes
7. Stands momentarily without support- yes
8. May walk two or three steps without support - yes, more like one or two step
Hand and Finger skills
1. Uses pincer grasp- yes
2. Bangs 2 objects together-yes
3. Puts objects into container - yes
4. Takes objects our of container- yes
5. Lets objects go voluntarily- yes
6. Pokes with index finger- yes
7. Tries to imitate scribbling- yes
Aside from being adverse to solid food, having limited vocal cord capability and being physically much smaller than children his age, Adel passed all the above with flying colours.
You know something? After having had 4 kids, I just realised that I'd before Adel, taken all the above development for granted.
With Adel, there's really no expectations at all , which explained why I'd never bothered to go through the checklist on his health booklet. He can take all the time in the world to learn to walk on his own and talk, I know he can and will in time to come.
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