for my eldest son, he did physiotherapy and craniosacral therapy when he was young. Later when he was ready to talk, he also went for speech therapy. Now he's talking very well but he's now at the age when he's supposed to write but his gross motor and fine motor both very weak, he needs to go to occupational therapy, physiotherapy and sensory integration sessions every week. all private. it's soooo expensive. With my 3rd son in this situation, I just cannot stop work!!
i would strongly suggest you to keep working as much as you can, if you can find a reliable helper to help you. In my first son's case, i quitted and went to therapies with him all the time. I must say it was quite depressing, because i was always looking for ways to help him, taking him to different therapies. But at the end he just wasn't doing as well as other kids. The more you see, the more you compare with other kids, the more depressing you get. Yes he improved, but i don't know if it was because of therapies or because he just naturally grew out of it. but because i was too focused on him, i feel stressed out and with less financial freedom it's not good for the family as a whole. I find that now when I'm back to work full time, it's the best relief from the pressure at home. yes, most people find that work is work and would not be fun, but if you have even worse things to deal with at home, it's better to stay at work some time!!
hi sarahkyu, i replied on your other post. your daughter sounds like to have development delay, but maybe too early to say whether she has CP. If you can afford, take her to see Dr Barbara Lam or Dr. Chow who both used to work at Queen Mary NICU. They will direct you to the right specialist and start therapies early. But they are very expensive, esp. Dr Barbara Lam. Even if you cannot afford too many specialist, have hope and play with her more. My other friend's son has development delay and now walking and talking, although much slower than usual kids, but can go do normal schools.
As for my case, as i mentioned on another post, my baby caught very severe meningitis before. Half of the brain was severely damaged and not growing anymore. Muscles very very stiff. cannot even drink milk from bottle. cannot even sleep and lay down on bed flat. 4 months has past since he was discharged from hospital. Still no growth in weight or any other development. Still looks like a 2 months old. After seeing the MRI result, it was even worse than we thought, and he was deteriorating. For sure he will be mentally and physically disabled. Now I just wish he can eventually be mobile and enjoy life.
In fact this is my 3rd son, my first son was born premature and has brain damage too. also very much delayed but now in normal kindergarten, although slower than other kids. I'm a working mom too. Indeed, it's very difficult to deal with kids with delay. it's hard to see other babies growing and developing so well. but my own baby have no progress. Time seems to pass so slow.
but this is life. Cheer up and have hope. Let's add oil together!!