Hi, my name is Jamie. I am also a disabled single parent, who uses a
SD. I have a 9 1/2 month old son with a developmental delay. During
the research to find out more about his symptoms, which seem very
similar to CP. I did have some problems during pregnancy and birth. I
had Gestational Diabeties. I was on bed rest during the last couple
months as well as hospitalized twice for low fluid. During birth, the
OB had to flip him over cause he was coming nose up, which the
process caused the cord to wrap around his neck. He was given some
oxygen shortly after birth. He was born with hypoglycemia. I was
induced 3 weeks early during my second hospital stay. He stayed in
the NICU for 8 days. He had poor sucking. He was on a stomach tube
through his nose. He later developed Jaundice. He was diagnosed in
the hospital as having a delay at that time. He continues to have a
delay. He is still working on sitting, can't crawl yet. He has fine
motor skill problems. He was in physical therapy at 4 months, stopped
for a bit and just started it again. He was late smiling. He has
tight muscles. He arches his back. He has stong muscles, however, not
the muscles he needs, those are weak. He was late holding his neck.
He is in Physical Therapy for Torticollis/Stenomastoid Tightness
Right. He favors his left side. He has a flat spot on one side of
his head. I have even trained my SD to assist him also in his
Therapy. Cause of all of this, I suspect he could have CP, but I'm
hopeful for a temporary delay. Although his doctors haven't said
anything about it yet. And they reall wanted me to have him wear a
helmet to round out his head. I refused it, since he already has a
larger than normal head (75 percentile), and he has some difficulties
still holding his head.

If anyone had any questions or comments please respond.

Thanks,
Jamie and JC-(PSD)
and Allen too.