Toe Walking, W-Sitting and Flat Feet: Which Ones Actually Matter Three things get pointed out to parents constantly, in playgrounds, at nursery, and by relatives with strong opinions. Two of them are usually nothing. One of them sometimes is. Knowing which is which...
Pencils, Scissors and Buttons: Fine Motor Skills and When to Ask Fine motor difficulty rarely arrives as a complaint about fine motor. It arrives as a child who avoids the drawing table, takes forty minutes to get dressed, hands in work that looks rushed, or comes...
Motor Milestones: When to Ask About Crawling, Walking and Balance Motor milestones come with wide normal ranges, and most of the worry parents carry about them turns out to be unnecessary. What matters clinically is rarely the date a child first walks. It is the...
Developmental Signs by Age: When It’s Worth Asking for an Evaluation Almost every parent who walks into this clinic has heard the same phrase before: wait and see. Sometimes from the pediatrician. Sometimes from a grandmother who remembers an uncle who talked...
Bilingualism and Speech Delay: Are Two Languages Confusing My Child? Almost every bilingual family in Miami hears this at some point, and it almost always comes from someone trying to help. Sometimes it is the pediatrician. Sometimes the pre-K teacher. Sometimes a...
