Fast forward to 2011 and my daughter Angel ( not her real name but we call her angel at home ) was a bright little girl. We had no issues from birth until this point. We took her to the health nurse late 2010 and found no obvious problems with her. Although she never crawled as a baby ( was this a sign?) we did not find anything wrong with it as my wife herself never crawled as a baby so we often thought she was just like mum! Her vocabulary was approximately 15 words by the start of 2011. Once again we did realise that this was not a good thing and angel has missed a milestone as far as her speech was concerned but we kept telling ourselfs that she was making progress, she was making an attempt to say words. ( was this a sign?) .
Angel was turning 3 in May 2011 which meant she was ready for prekindy, My wife and I decided that it would probably be a good idea if Angel attended day care for a couple of months before she started prekindy so she would get used to the idea or interacting with kids. ( angel had never been to day care before as my wife was at home with her ).
Like any parent we were very anxious on the first day of day care, angel did not take us leaving here there very well but we thought she would soon settle down. Day one at day care only lasted for an hour, Day 2 and 3 were also the same and we noticed that it was extremely difficult to calm her down on the days she went to day care. something changed......
My wife and I noticed that angel developed a fear of staying in a closed room ( just like day care ) she would often run to the door and indicate us to open it! But why wasn't she using her words anymore?? We were often the envy of other parents because since birth Angel never troubled us with her sleep during the night. As parents we never knew what a sleepless night was unless ofcourse she was unwell, but that changed as well. Angel would wake up during the night and look at the ceiling and cry. why was she doing this?? Where did our happy little baby go?? What did they do to her at day care??
Things only got worse in the coming weeks, angel was still scared of the ceilings and the closed doors. She would refuse to stay alone at any point during the day or night. Was this the same little girl who would walk into a dark room to find her favorite toy? Angel soon stopped using the 15 words she used to say before. Her eye contact reduced and she slowly stopped responding to her name. We once again wondered what was happening to our little baby. Our baby was no longer in our world.
Angel's 3rd b'day and her first day of pre-kindy were coming up in just a couple of months. We thought she would come around by then and all would be well again......
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