Developmental delay and homeopathy
THE first three years of a child’s life are very important. So, as parents, we must be worried about our child developing normally, especially when we see other children doing things that our child has not yet done.
What is developmental delay?
Developmental delay is when the child does not reach his/her developmental milestones at the expected time. (Medically speaking, milestones are certain time-bound developmental goals that a child is supposed to achieve while growing, e.g. learning to walk by the age of 12 or 15 months). Developmental delay is a major delay in the process of a child?s growth. If the child is slightly or only temporarily lagging behind, that is not called developmental delay. Delay can occur in one or many areas ? for example, motor, language, social or cognitive (understanding) skills.
Development delay can occur in one or more specific skills, or it can be generalised delay, which is often known as global developmental delay. To be more precise, global developmental delay is a term used to describe delay in development, which cover all areas. Generally those with global delay will continue to develop but at a slower pace.
Reasons for developmental delays include damage to the brain before or during or after birth, premature birth, brain malformations, chromosomal disorders, infections and hydrocephalous. There are also cases where no reason can be clearly attributed to the delay.
How can homeopathy help?
Homoeopathy can provide a very effective solution treating developmental delays, although in cases of chromosomal defects or in severe brain malformation, this system may not help.
In the first three years of a child?s development, changes of very important nature take place… and what happens during those years? stays for a lifetime. This, the chances of restoring the child back to normalcy are higher if the treatment is given at an early age. Also with homoeopathy, the results in developmental delays can be very fast if causation is clear.
Homoeopathy medicines ? Agaricus, Baryta Carb, Calcarea Carb, Cal Phos and Carcinocin ? are very effective in treating such delays. Calc Phos is a very popular medicine, but it is misused as a panacea for growth. Ihave personally found Carcinocin to be the top medicine for developmental delay.
This is, however, not aimed at advocating self-medication. Medicines should not be used without professional help
CHECK THESE MILESTONES
Here is a set of milestones which if not met by your child in time, should make you look for medical help.
- Not rolling over by six months
- Having head lag when pulled to a sitting position after six months
- Not sitting by himself/herself without support by eight months
- Not crawling by12 months
- Not walking by 15 months
- Not speaking a single word, (mamma, dadda) by 15 months
- Not pointing to named objects (dog, nose) between 12-24 months
- Not initiating speech sounds by 12 months
- Not adding more words every month
I am a father of down syndrm child.
My child is 11 months Old, he has not started walking and crowling. Is there any requirement for chromosomal study
My Child Is 16 months old not able to crawl or walk his body is stiff as per doctor’s so physiotherapy is going from last 4 months for his body as prescribed by doctor’s will homeopathy will good for him.
We have a 3yo boy diagnosed with a ‘global developmental delay’. He is under the care of a paediatric neurologist who cannot provide any answers or treatment for moving forward other than seeing various therapists (physio, speech etc). He was born normally although was cross eyed. He has had surgery to fix his eyes. He walks although staggers and doesn’t speak at all, he seems to understand some things but his motor skills and overal comprehension is considerably below where it should be. He is just struggling to learn to eat.. about the same level as his one year old sister. He looks fine and is very contented, he has always eaten and sleeps well. We’re always after further advice. Thanks!
I have a 29 mo old son with what I would call “Global Developmental Delays” He basically looks like and has the abilitiesof a 18 month old. He has been walking for about four months, he has about a 5 word vocabulary (he says mama, dada, yes, kitty, but he doesn’t know to call us my our names. He has good social skills and is otherwise a happy child. We have him in PT, OT and Speech and he continues to make progress, but slow. Maybe not related, but he seems to suffer with fevers last 2 to 3 days every four to six months. Maybe this has nothing to do with it but…..He has had a couple of seizures with high fevers and twice he has had mild seizures when no fever is there. Two MRI’s and EEG at 4 months and 20 month old were done with no findings. Genetic screening was normal. Any adice would be greatly appreciated!!
my child krishna is 4 years & 5 months is unable to speak & walk still date is it otisti problem please tell me homeopathy treatment of the same
please tell me the treatment ways and your address and telephone number as mir report is normal as said by alopathy doctor please reply the same as earliest
thanks
hello…i am doing a project on definate developmental delays with speech and visual defect(dd)..i would like if i get some more information on it…thanx
my son is 4 years and 3 month old he has a development delay he can not walk and talk yet, he can sit/crawl and pulls to stand and walks very slow along the sofa but will not yet let go and walk, he makes lots of noises and says mum now and again but other than that no other words, he was born 10 days late, with cleft palate. pierre robin and a small hole in his heart and has restricted eye moments, also a hearing loss only found age 3 and a half, he has club feet is there anyone that can help with advise support, ideas or anyone going through the same at this age where there child is not walking and talking love to hear from u we can help each other
My daughter is 3 years old and has a Global Developmental Delay. She has been tested for chromosomal and metabolics which have been concluded as normal. She has also had an MRI and that as well has been concluded as normal. She was born at 38 weeks and was lacking muscle tone. She endured physiotherapy for a while until she was able to walk without aid. She still has a bit of a wide gait to her step but is slowly walking normally. I find when she tries to run, she falls easily ,like she gets too caught up in her steps. She has been going to a speech therapist for about six months now but her vocabulary is very limited. The only words she says is mama, dada, baba, and nana but usually uses those words are used out of context. I have also been taking a class on “It takes two to talk” by Hanen . I am trying very hard to help and understand my daughters needs but it can get very frustrating when she doesn’t seem to understand a whole lot. Any advice?
We hear great things about chromosone testing and genetics. Is there any publications addressing solutions to correcting abnormality if identified?
My daughter OISHI is 13 years old can’t speak and walk yet. Her weight is around 32 kgs. Hormonic symtom is seen as usual. We went many doctors for the last several years but failed to help her to become normal!
Advise seek that what homeo medicine can be applied for her.
Thanks.
my son is 16 months old.he ca’t walk or even bear weight on his legs.he started commando type crawling at 10 months.he started sitting at 12 months.we have got his MRI done.he is diagnosed with delated myelination.he is able to understand things .moreover he has exteme level of Stranger anxiety.please help.
my son is 16 months old.he ca’t walk or even bear weight on his legs.he started commando type crawling at 10 months.he started sitting at 12 months.we have got his MRI done.he is diagnosed with delayed myelination.he is able to understand things .moreover he has extreme level of Stranger anxiety.please help.
Dear sir,
I have two kids with delayed mylination and they both have developmental delay.
I want to ask what type of homeopathic medicine could help them,and how can i get it?
AOA
My son, 5 months old has a posterior cleft palatte. Is its treatment possible through homeopathy medication i.e. without surgery.
My son is 20 months old. He has Global Delay. Started crawling at 12 months, pull his self up at 14 months. Now he’s still not walking or talking, only cruising around furniture and babbling. So far he’s no genetic problems or any other health problems. He’s very social, happy child. His neurologist think he will never catch up and always have to face some developmental problems. We want to believe on our baby even if his progress is too slow. Can you give us advice what else can we do?
i have a 30months old baby ,she is yet not sitting ,she only rools over ,her several tests,like cyrotyping,eeg emg, ep,blood tests done with no abnormalities.only the second mri suggest white matter volume loss postariorirly.present treatment,calcarea carb, calphos please suggest what else can be done.
my son is 36 months old and has a developmental delay. He is not talking at all, but physically he is fine walked at 19months though, and also sat and crawled late. Only problem now is that he doesnt speak and is mentally behind other kids his age. He has many autistic tendancies and I think he will get a diagnosis for being on the autistic spectrum. He is learing a bit everyday but its slow.
My son is 14 & half months old and still not sitting or standing by himself and also body is stiff. Head circumfefrnce is 42 cms. Doesnt hold things properly in his hand. Smiling, reconisation, is normal.
Kindly suggest.
I have a daughter she’s 3yrs old and we got her MRI and she has a delayed in myelination. she has been diagnosed global devp. delayed by her pedia neuro. she also have a extreme level of stranger anxiety. What can you suggest about her matter?
my daughter is 5yrs 10 months and she is extremely shy ,,she gets freeze infront of the stangers ,she know lot of things but cant answer when asked ,,is there any homeopethic medicine for that
13 month old grandson with dupication of chromosome 7. Mentally alert but does army crawl and needs to be assisted with sitting. He is very strong physically. Concern over delays with crawling/ walking and also mental development long term. Any info or suggestions of what might be helpful?
I have a two year four months old son (delivered in the 33rd week IUGR). He started walking when he was one year 6 months. Now he walks, runs but falls down in between. Still he is not talking. He says mummy while crying. He does not point out to any things. But he loves to listen to music. If the dvd or tv is off he will go near it and look back at me beind. Since last two days he has started saying mum mum . It feels as if he is moody or feels like playing a toy, he will take ball and play himself. while playing he becomes too excited and bites. He has only eight teeth (front) . I used to give him homeo pills for arriving of teeth. When will the other teeth occur.
Please advise if this is normal or not and give ur valuable advice on
dal_mani@rediffmail.com.
thanks .
My grandson is 20 months old today. He has not been diagnosed with any term, but is under developed, both physically and mentally, for a child his age. He has been in the Early Intervention Program for the last 3 months and made good strides, but still has a long way to go. He does not walk on his own, and seem to favor his left side over his right side. He will hold your hand with his left hand and walk along fairly well, but is very wobbly when you hold his right hand. He babbles, and cannot pronounce an audible work yet. Physically, he still looks like a year old baby, not a 20 month old toddler. Can you give me any suggestions on what and where to go for answers to help him?
Thank you
Sue
Dear Sir,
I like to ask your advice regarding my daughter who is 17 now and diagnosed with developmental delay. We unfortunately never realized why she was slow in class. However, she fine motor skill, can speak and write very well, but her performance in school is very low. Her IQ is about 65. What medicine could you remmend for her.
I shall be very grateful for your advice.
Regards,
Rashid Ahmad
Hi,
I have a 1 year 6 months old son.Still he is not able to walk,not able to role properly,not able to sit and he cant see the objects.i.e. he will be able to see the objects but the message not passing to brain.Please give me suggestion or provide the treatment.Any medicines are avaiiable for this disease in homeopathy.If any medicines are availbale please provide the names and i will contact someother homeopathy doctor.
Thanks
Krishna
Hi,
My son is 3 years old and has been diagnosed with VERBAL APRAXIA (neurological disorder ) at the age of 2 years old, he can talk but he is behind about a year, he is not clear either, please what kind of homeopathic medicine are good for speech?Thank you Sir.
waiting for reply..
My child is 17 months and has global delays, he doesnt like some textures on new food, he says mom, and “speaks’ in a wired lenguage, nothing to understand. he doesnt have eye contact all the time, he doesnt point objects. He had creowled since 9 months and walked arpound 13 months.
He is not very social, he plays with mom and dad and older children, but he is not interested on his own age. He doesnt point for food or water, he just scream!
He has delay in speech, feeding, sicial and comunication.
We live in Dallas TEXAS and i would love some INFO about Homeopaty
hi doc
My son is 23 month old and he can not walke and still says only one or two words doctors says its devolpmental delay case and they dont have any medicine in this regard just they can help to tell us some phisical exercises which i think is use less please help us if u can do some thing we will be very thank full to you
hello doc
my 4 years old son is diagnosed with dev delay, global.
he walked at 22 months, spoke late and still seems behind compared to his peers. over the last few months he has been followed for speech and stimulation therapies.. he has shown incredible progress but still lacks understanding and vocabulary, and does not speak clear. I donot see him visualise and create stories like other kids, probably lack of understanding again…
please advise… are these situations reversible where the kids have completely recovered from dev delay…
thanks a ton
Hello Doctor,
My son is 4 yrs old and has cerebral palsy. he has not reached any of the milestones starting from head control, sitting, crawling, walking and talking. he would respond with his smile and ‘aaah’ sound. He would definitely be challenging to doctors. Please advice if you could help my son in anyways. I can send you his reports and video if required.
thanks,
pavithra
Hi My baby is going to be 2 yr in sept-10 but he have the prob of neck holding lose mussle tone and through that he is unable to sit or stand pls help
Dear Doctors,
My son is 23 months, not crawling, not pulling to stand, not walking and not speaking yet. he has gone thru MRI scan, report shows that he is fine and healthy.
He has gone to the physiotherapy too.
He can sit by himself, only when place him in sitting position.
But he just not walking. What is causing the delay.
Please advice if you could help my son in anyways.
i need any1 out there that can give me more advise, i have a 6 year son who cant walk or talk yet who has a GDD, he crawls stands and walks with a walking frame but will not let go or attempt to walk un aided, he cant say any words
i am worried about how he will develop can any1 help, does any1 have a child with the same prombles pls email me
regards sal
My son is 9 years old and can not talk and can not stand but diet is normal , he likes to travel.
My son is 18 months old. He has Global Delay. Started crawling at 9 months, walking very fast in walker from 7 month.standing & walking with support..about 1 minute stand with fear…taking 4-5 steps after standing..he has cleft palate..surgery was done in 14 month.. Now he’s still not walking or talking, only cruising around furniture and babbling. So far he’s no genetic problems or any other health problems. He’s very social, happy child. he enjoyed with child..We want to believe on our baby even if his progress is too slow. Can you give us advice what
my son is 29 months.whenever any communication is done. he understands and respond to that also.but speaks only 4-5 words.any suggestion for medicine.
my friends daughter is 17months old and she is not crawling or walking yet. her other response are good. even if we make her to sit she slides down. her appetite is normal. she speaks mama papa and understands. please can you give us some advice.
My daughter is 11 months she is not crawling, pulling up, sitting up on her own or walking yet.
Hello my daughter is almost 8 months old she just had an MRI this month and they said that she had a global delayed in myelination, so the Neurologist suggested to have a spinal tap to find out more, she doesn’t roll over yet she’s eating and sleeping well very happy little angel, she had an early intervention too OT/PT, we’re thinking about the homeopathic medicine if its work because she has seizures too but it was controlled by medicine…can you give us advice what to do please…
My son was born premmie at 35weeks plus, he has developmental delay in some parts. He started standing with support at 9 months , he is 12months now but could neither crawl or walk. i noticed the upper region of his body has more weight than his lower region, i mean waist down is thinner. Although he could kick, clap and jerk with his legs, once he had tried pulling himself to sitting postion while sitting down. I guess his legs muscles are weak, what therapy or medicine can u recommend? or could anything be wrong with his waist?
Hello Sir,
I have two sons. Older one is Down’s Sydrome baby. other one is normal. older one is now 6 yrs old. he is unable to speak. He can’t express. His IQ level is also low. Is there any medicine for developing his speech and IQ level. He understands most of the things, but unable to speak. He does not have clarity in his voice.
PLease help me in this regard.
Thanks.
my daughter bethany was just diagnose with a dyslexia and a mental delay she already had an i.e.p for speech since she was 4 years old and just now they are telling me my daughter has dyslexia and a mental delay she is about to turn 8 in august n she has a mentality of a 5 n a half year old i was told she has a specific learning disability i really don’t know much of her disability what can i do n what services does my daughter qualify for i need help hope i can get some advice
thank you ……J.E
my 8 month old baby boy has global developmental delay. He has lagging of his head though this is improving slightly with the gradual strengthening of his neck muscles. He is not sitting unsupported, attempting to grasp objects and is very stiff in his 4 limbs. Really worried about his future development. Please advice on what hom. Remedies can be given to address issues described above. Many thanks.
My son Atharva is of 3 years of age. HE is having problem of Growth development delay due to neurological corpus collism thinness. Because of corpus collism thinness he is facing optical problems i.e. eyes squint, speech problems i.e. can barely talk one two words. Bara testing and Muscle reports are observed normal in my son. I want to know can this problem be cured or reduced with homeopathy. He was already given some homeopathy treatment before and found minor better results from it. Please advise some homeaopathical treatment treatment or medicines for my son.
my 2 yr 4months old daughter can speak some words but no sentences.. she walks runs and jumps. she play with her brother who is 3 yr old.please give me some advice, whether she is normal or needs some medicine.
Hi Doctor,
my daughter is 4 yrs old and she is diagnozed with Hypomelanosis of ITO. She is under allopathic medication for seizures. She has global developmental delay. we are thinking of giving her homeopathic medicine for developmental delay. Kindly give us an advice on this. Thank You.
Dear sir,
My son is 3 years old now but he’s still can not walk, or stand on his own feet. He seems not to have balance at all. All checking has been made by specialist in hospital. Nothing wrong has been found so far.
Pls advise if homeopathic can help and what kind of medicine is helpful ?
Awaiting for your comments/advise. Thank you.
Anna
Pls help to let me know how to contact via email. Thank you.
Dear Doctors,
My 12 months old baby has got delay in development. She rolls over from side to upward and side to backward but no complete roll over.
She sometimes hold the neck very efficiently and sometimes looses it down. While making an attempt to make her sit, she lean down forward.
Her CT, MRI and Keryotyping reports are normal. Except, EEG suggest that the waves are generalised at multifocal points.
She used to have Spasms, which are controlled for the last one and half month by Zominacide, Clonotril and Valparin. She appears to be better and more active after the spasms have been controlled.
She is undergoing physiotherapy for the last five months. The phisyotherapy has reduced the amount of stifness in her muscles.
Pls advise if any homeopathic madicine can help in this situation
Thank you.
R K
Hi, my daughter is almost 3. she can’t walk or talk. is anyone finding any answers? WE NEED HELP!!! She has been in speech and PT for over a year. I am so sad. please email me at christina0906@hotmail.com and put developmental delay in the subject line. (i get a lot of junk mail)
THANK YOU!!!
My daugher will be 5 yr. old on 20th jan. she could not see due to over dose of oxiygen in child nursery after birth. she still not walk,talk and eat.
good day – my son is 4 years and almost 1 moth and we have discovered he is developmentally delayed what exercises could I do with him?
Hai
My son is 9months now he was overdue by 2weeks as soon he was born he was taken to NICU and he was discharged after 2weeks
From his birth he had poor feeding ,he had his left kidney infuction because of urither block and under went surgery twice.
He is still fluffy he can’t hold his head, he haven’t done any things which a 9 mt baby should do, his MRI, chromosome, metabolic, genetic tests are all normal he awaiting for couple of more test result Still now they said is his white matter myelanation is less for his age,
Please help us if you have any remedy for my sons further
Thank u
Regards khan
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