Early childhood development is the foundation of everyone’s life. However, each child has their own personalities and ways of being, as well as similarities, such as reaching developmental milestones at a relatively similar time in their lives, from talking to walking.

Doctors tell parents not to compare their child to other children based on early childhood development. One child can start walking at nine months and another at 14 months. They could both be healthy but have their own schedule. Often children are about a year old when they walk or at least begin to walk.

However, it is important to take note of early childhood development. If a child continues to miss milestones and fails to meet early childhood development, there could be a problem. That’s why doctors are parents watch these things. Talking, crawling and other important elements are important parts of development. Doctors will monitor a child. The child may not be sitting up on time, but is doing other things related to gross motor skills, such as crawling and rolling over. It could be a sign of something or it could be that the child is just skipping that part of development and it will show up eventually. If not, the child continues to be monitored and eventually evaluated to ensure that she does not have a disorder or condition that needs treatment.

Another part of early childhood development is fine motor skills. This includes movements of the fingers and toes, lips, tongue, and hands, as well as the feet. Sometimes it may be that something small that parents don’t even notice could mean something. An example is walking on tiptoes. Doing this a bit is normal, but constant tiptoeing could indicate a problem. Giving complete answers to all questions presented by the doctor and nurse will help determine if there is an early childhood development disorder that needs immediate attention.

Any child with a neurological disorder or sensory integration dysfunction can hear correctly, but processes information differently, leading to confusion. Such children are hypersensitive or insensitive to any of the five senses or to all of the senses. Most early childhood development disorders are diagnosed by an occupational therapist, especially sensory processing disorder.

Speech and articulation skills are also part of early childhood development. Your baby will not be able to answer questions with words as she is still learning about speech. Parents are suggested to talk to their baby. They will learn to respond to her, even if it is just babbling now, then she will continue with words when she gets older. A baby can articulate, even if she is not forming words, she is beginning to make clear sounds, leading to speech. Once she understands the correct sounds by listening, they will learn the correct pronunciation of each word. However, every child is different and can reach the required milestones within a flexible range of 3-4 months, and sometimes that is what makes the diagnosis of late development so difficult.