Did lockdown affect your baby's development? i.e Motor Skills, Speech etc.

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New studies have begun. Firm answers are hard to come by, not least because many child-development research laboratories shut down during the pandemic.
Some babies born during the past two years might be experiencing developmental delays, whereas others might have
thrived, if carers were at home for extended periods and there were more opportunities for siblings to interact. 
Early data suggest that the use of masks has not negatively affected children's emotional development. But PRENATAL STRESS might contribute to some changes in brain connectivity. The picture is evolving and many studies have not yet been peer reviewed.
Some researchers propose that many of the children falling behind in development will be able to catch up without lasting effects.
 "I do not expect that we're going to find that there's a generation that has been injured by this pandemic," says Moriah Thomason, a child and adolescent psychologist at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
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My child was 9 months old when the pandemic hit and our town shut down. We stayed isolated for months and she was actually advanced in all developments from the time of isolation until we went back to normal. I guess not going anywhere gave me extra time to spend lots of one on one time interacting and teaching new things.

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My youngest was born October 2020 & the only thing he's behind in is talking. We didn't do a lockdown after he was born though so I think that's irrelevant

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As a pediatric therapist I see a higher rate of delay in developmental skills, and an increase in challenging behaviors and tantrums. My co workers see the same. A lot of it seems to be driven by parents who don’t realize what their child should be capable of doing at their age, and reporting that their kids have never been exposed to things we present in testing (shape sorters, scissors, ladders, stringing blocks, buttons, etc). I see a lot of kids who “only like the tablet,” don’t sleep well, don’t have much play time outside, and have difficulty sharing or following verbal directions. 
Impossible to know what caused it, could just be a shift in how we spend our time as a society and how kids play nowadays. Could also be because the developmental milestones have changed to be later, but our testing norms have not. Regardless  it’s something we discuss at work often.

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My daughter was born April 2020 and has excelled in all areas, she's well above her peers.

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My daughter was born 2/3/2020 so right before everything shut down. 
She started walking at 8 months 3 days. She learned how to ride a scooter pretty early, the only she’s things a little delayed on is speech. It’s not a bad delay, just a little!

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Personally my daughter was born 20/07/2020 and has a delay of about 2 weeks in her development compared to her peers.

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My youngest was born July 2020 and is slightly delayed in speech. He wasn’t far enough behind to qualify for early intervention services, he’s definitely lagging (but catching up). They told us they’ve had a massive increase in children being evaluated and needing services over the past 2 years 😕 
Maybe just a coincidence, he’s the only child of my 4 that has lagged behind in speech.

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My daughter was born late Dec 2019. She was about 10 weeks when the lock down began. She does not seem to have any delays

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Both of my children were born during active lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 and neither have been affected by Covid. We went about our lives like normal and so did everyone in our area. Even without Covid we would be home as much as we are now. Our oldest had a slight speech delay for a hot minute, but was HIGHLY advanced in imaginative play. Her speech delay was cused by her being cautious, too busy playing, having HIGH sleeo needs, and not having contact with other children which still would have happened without Covid. As soon as she turned 2 her speech exploded. She's talking a lot now and is perfectly on track, she was just busy working on other skills. Our youngest 11 months and is ahead of the curve in all of her skills other than walking which she is working on. She said her first word at 10 months and even has a few 2 word sentences in her vocabulary.

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My boy was born when the pandemic was starting to get super bad. He was born June 2020. He is now 2 years old 5 months as of today, speaks both english and spanish, knows his abcs, #1-10 , knows his name and last name, also has been potty trained for 2 months now. Talks non stop He loves loves loves socializing and being with little boys and girls. He is extremely smart I would say and so advanced for a pandemic baby 😂 btw we were quarantined for about 11 months of his life with no one around but me and his dad. No one helped me out really, my sister would come and see my baby maybe 3x a month so thats all he would see of any other person. We wouldn’t even take him out to eat or nothing because I was really traumatized back then from the pandemic

Did lockdown affect your baby's development? i.e Motor Skills, Speech etc.

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