Question

What are the specific features of delayed child development?

Answer

Delayed child development is primarily characterized by developmental lag, including a lag in both motor and intellectual growth, with a particularly noticeable delay in gross motor development. Rehabilitation training should be conducted, and medications that nourish nerve cells should be used. The specific features are as follows:

  1. The child does not smile until two months old, and does not laugh loudly until four months.
  2. At three months, the baby is easily startled, cries excessively, refuses to breastfeed, and has difficulty sleeping, with no standing or walking attempts.
  3. At three months, the baby still keeps their fists closed when holding objects.
  4. From four to five months, the baby’s head is still unstable when they arch their back.
  5. At five months, the child does not reach out to grab objects when they see them.
  6. By three, six, seven, and eight months of age, the child should have developed the ability to roll over, sit up, and crawl, but these movements have not appeared.