Delayed speech or vocabulary

Gross motor skills - Understood.org

Delayed gross motor skills

The Autism Society

"Autism: what you need to know" (Understood.org)

Autism

Healthy Eating - KidsHealth.org

Zero to Three - Health and Nutrition

Eating or diet issues

Walking Worries - Parents.com

Walking issues

Allergies

Fine motor skills - Understood.org

Delayed fine motor skills

"Cognitive delay and behavior problems prior to school age", Pediatrics. 2014 Sep; 134(3): e749–e757.

Facebook: Parents of Kids with Developmental Delays

Cognitive delay

A seizure, formally known as an epileptic seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with loss of consciousness (tonic-clonic seizure), to shaking movements involving only part of the body with variable levels of consciousness (focal seizure), to a subtle momentary loss of awareness (absence seizure).

Wikipedia Link

Seizures

Social issues / restricted social interaction

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, or excessive activity and impulsivity, which are otherwise not appropriate for a person's age. Some individuals with ADHD also display difficulty regulating emotions or problems with executive function.

ADHD / ADD

Mayo Clinic on ADHD in children

Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a rare, usually early onset childhood, inflammatory disorder most typically affecting the brain and the skin (neurodevelopmental disorder).

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome (AGS)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Tantrums are one of the most common forms of problematic behavior in young children but tend to decrease in frequency and intensity as the child grows older.

Anger or tantrums

Mayo clinic on temper tantrums in toddlers

Anxiety is natural part of children's expanding horizons, but sometimes it is a symptom and cause of other issues. We highlight cases where parents sought outside advice.

Anxiety

NHS (U.K.): Anxiety in children

"Anxiety in children" at Havard Health Blog

"Anxiety and Depression in Children" at the CDC

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant feelings of anxiety and fear... These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as increased heart rate and shakiness. There are several anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder, and selective mutism.

Anxiety Disorders

Alpha-thalassemia X-linked intellectual disability (ATR-X) syndrome is characterized by distinctive craniofacial features, genital anomalies, hypotonia, and mild-to-profound developmental delay / intellectual disability (DD/ID).

ATR-X Syndrome

GeneReviews Link

ATR-X at NCBI

Benign Rolandic epilepsy or benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS) is the most common epilepsy syndrome in childhood. Most children will outgrow the syndrome (it starts around the age of 3–13 with a peak around 8–9 years and stops around age 14–18), hence the label benign.

Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE)

Epilepsy Foundation on Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with psychosis, it is called mania; if it is less severe, it is called hypomania.

Bipolar Disorder

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

bphope.com

Facebook Group Link

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Often, symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors… [It] is caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement, balance, and posture.

Cerebral Palsy

The Cerebral Palsy Foundation

"11 things to know about CP" at the CDC

United Cerebral Palsy

CHARGE syndrome (formerly known as CHARGE association) is a rare syndrome caused by a genetic disorder… About two thirds of cases are due to a CHD7 mutation. CHARGE syndrome occurs only in 0.1–1.2 per 10,000 live births; as of 2009 it was the leading cause of congenital deafblindness in the US.

CHARGE Syndrome

The CHARGE Syndrome Foundation

In clubfoot, "one or both feet are rotated inward and downward. The affected foot and leg may be smaller in size compared to the other." It is one of the most common congenital (at birth) disorders.

Clubfoot

Clubfoot - Mayo Clinic

Constipation

Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI, also “cerebral visual impairment”) is a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that process vision.

Cortical Visual Impairment

Little Bear Sees

Paths to Literacy - CVI Resources

The CVI Society

Crawling issues

Crawling - Zero to Three

DeSanto-Shinawi (DESSH) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by genetic variations (mutations) in a gene called WW Domain-Containing Adaptor with Coiled-coil Region (the WAC gene).

DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome

Difficulty breathing

CS Mott Children's Hospital: Respiratory Problems, Age 11 and younger

Difficulty swallowing (Dysphagia)

Facebook Group: Pediatric Dysphagia and Aspiration

Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.[2] It is usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features...Down syndrome is one of the most common chromosome abnormalities in humans.

Down Syndrome

CDC - Facts About Down Syndrome

National Association for Down Syndrome (U.S.)

National Down Syndrome Society

Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads.

Dyslexia

What is Dyslexia? - Understood.org

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, is a condition affecting physical coordination. It causes a child to perform less well than expected in daily activities for their age, and appear to move clumsily.

Dyspraxia / DCD

NHS (UK) Link

Understanding Developmental Coordination Disorder

CanChild > DCD

[Eating disorders] are associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Preoccupation with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder… Researchers are finding that eating disorders are caused by a complex interaction of genetic, biological, behavioral, psychological, and social factors.

Eating Disorders

NIMH (US) Eating Disorders Link

PSYCOM: Eating Disorders in Children

Emotional Intelligence

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. Symptoms can include an abnormal appearance, short height, low body weight, small head size, poor coordination, behavior problems, learning difficulties and problems with hearing or sight.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Gastrointestinal diseases (abbrev. GI diseases or GI illnesses) refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum, and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

Gastrointestinal Diseases

NIDDK/NIH - Digestive Diseases

General sensory sensitivity

Global developmental delay is an umbrella term used when children are significantly delayed in their cognitive and physical development. It can be diagnosed when a child is delayed in one or more milestones, categorised into motor skills, speech, cognitive skills, and social and emotional development.

Global Developmental Delay

Grasping / Difficulty using hands

Hearing issues

Healthhearing.com - Hearing loss in children

A heart defect refers to "a problem with the structure of the heart."

Heart defects

Mayo Clinic Link

High energy

Hydrocephalus is a condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) occurs within the brain. This typically causes increased pressure inside the skull. Older people may have headaches, double vision, poor balance, urinary incontinence, personality changes, or mental impairment. In babies, it may be seen as a rapid increase in head size. Other symptoms may include vomiting, sleepiness, seizures, and downward pointing of the eyes.

Hydrocephalus

Lack physical awareness

Your Child's Proprioceptive Sense - BabySparks

Language disorders or language impairments are disorders that involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax and/or morphology), semantics (meaning), or other aspects of language. These problems may be receptive (involving impaired language comprehension), expressive (involving language production), or a combination of both.

Language Disorders

Latching / Lactation issues

When does lining up objects represent healthy development and when is it a concern? Please share or read details!

Lines up objects

Alpha Mom: Toddlers Who Line Up Toys

"Many Two Year Olds Line Things Up"

Low muscle tone or "hypotonia" refers to muscles that are floppy.

Low muscle tone (Hypotonia)

Hypotonia - NHS (U.K.)

Low weight

10 possible reasons your child isn't growing - Cleveland Clinic

Poor weight gain in infants and children - UpToDate.com

Microcephaly is a medical condition involving a shorter-than-normal head. Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life.

Microcephaly

Muscle weakness / Coordination

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and/or behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

National Institute of Mental Health (US)

Pervasive Development Disorder

Plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, is a condition characterized by an asymmetrical distortion (flattening of one side) of the skull. A mild and widespread form is characterized by a flat spot on the back or one side of the head caused by remaining in a supine position for prolonged periods.

Plagiocephaly

Reaction to cashews

Reaction to eggs

Reaction to milk

Reaction to peanuts

Reaction to pistacios

Repetitive babbling / speech / motions / tics

Sensory Processing Disorder

Attention is related to energy, concentration, impulsivity, emotion regulation, social skills, and sensations.

Short attention span

Attention span expectations by age

Kid Sense - Attention and Concentration

Every parents learns about sleep - and sleeplessness. But a sleep disorder, or "somnipathy," is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functioning.

Sleep Disorders

Sleep problems

Infant Sleep - Columbia Dept of Neurology

Huckleberry - Sleep App

Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object.

Strabismus

Tongue-Tie (Ankyloglossia) and Lip Tie

Torticollis is a fixed or dynamic tilt, rotation, with flexion or extension of the head and/or neck.

Torticollis

Trisomy 13 is a type of chromosome disorder characterized by having 3 copies of chromosome 13 in cells of the body, instead of the usual 2 copies.

Insights from Parents

Most common symptoms and conditions

Delayed speech or vocabulary

Delayed gross motor skills

Autism

Eating or diet issues

Walking issues

Allergies

Delayed fine motor skills

Cognitive delay

Seizures

Social issues / restricted social interaction

All Symptoms and Conditions

ADHD / ADD

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome (AGS)

Allergies

Anger or tantrums

Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders

ATR-X Syndrome

Autism

Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE)

Bipolar Disorder

Cerebral Palsy

CHARGE Syndrome

Clubfoot

Cognitive delay

Constipation

Cortical Visual Impairment

Crawling issues

Delayed fine motor skills

Delayed gross motor skills

Delayed speech or vocabulary

DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome

Difficulty breathing

Difficulty swallowing (Dysphagia)

Down Syndrome