We knew there was a definite chance for problems due to the birth mom's
issues, but everything seemed to be going well. We had the wonderful
blessing to be around our nieces early in their lives (up to today). The
boys were a little delayed on some of their milestones, but they still
were reaching them. We were told initially, "Oh, they're boys. Boys
develop slower than girls. Don't worry." They were saying "momma" and
"dadda". They were tracking us with their eyes - they had beautiful eye
contact for the most part. At least it seemed like they did.
Then by the time the boys were around 9 months we noticed that Daniel
started having these "episodes". He would kick, hit, pull hair, scream -
you name it. It was like a tantrum, but different. Nothing except
holding him tight to me in, essentially a bear hug would calm him. Then,
once the "episode" was over, he would be exhausted. Sometimes these
would last 2 minutes, other times they could last up to fifteen. It
completely took us by surprise, and we had no idea what was going on,
and the doctors were no help either.
By the time Daniel was around nine months old, we noticed that his eye
contact seemed to slightly diminish. We just figured he was noticing
other things more, more curious about other sights. We didn't realize
that he wasn't picking up things that Anthony was. Like, Daniel seemed
to be taking forever to roll over, to sit up, to pull himself up. He and
Anthony had interacted like twins up until this point. But, that even
seemed to be happening a little less.
But again, the doctor stated that it was just boys... developing slower.
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