When Caleb was an infant we had no idea what we were facing and, therefore, no idea what to expect. We took each milestone as a huge victory and learned to appreciate the smallest movements, strides and accomplishments. We watched him carefully, along with many specialists, trying to piece together what was going on with him. We quickly learned that for infants many of the cognitive milestones are directly tied to motor skills - shaking a toy, putting toys in their mouths, etc. Since Caleb's motor skills were so delayed, it became hard to tease out if he wasn't meeting the cognitive milestones because of purely motor delays, or if cognition was involved, too. Our "gut instinct" told us it was purely motor skills - there always seemed to be a curiosity and awareness in his eyes. As he started to meet more motor milestones it soon became apparent that we were right, and it was simply that his body could not keep up with his active mind.
Here is some video of Caleb reaching some more milestones at his own pace. The first part of the video is from when Caleb was 6 months old, and the latter part is when he was 9 months. Remember to pause the music on the right if you want to hear the video better.
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