Developmental Pedia (Thread 2)

[marose17]

^ The Medical City has a seminar for feeding issues in kids.  Perhaps, you can start from there.

[tiggerlily]

^thanks sis! dyan nga kami pupunta. sila ba ang first? I was just wondering if anyone has tried that na. or who is good at it if meron pang iba. my pedia gave me a recommendation na doctor. but she didn't say it was a seminar.

(OT: I haven't thanked you yet for recommending your derma. Yiiiii! She made me flawless on my sis' wedding in just 2 months! Thank you! Thank you!

[marose17]

^ Oh, you went to Dr. Nellie?  She's super flawless at 70+, and not retokada.  (OT)

Sa TMC ko kasi nakikita iyang seminar regarding feeding children who are super picky eaters.  I heard years ago that Therabilities has a therapist specializing on feeding disorders. 

[momai]

hello mga mommies, advance happy mom's day to everyone!

my son is 4 y/o. he's turning 5 this october.
super limited lang ang words na alam nya. for his age, you can consider na he's speech delayed.
i tried pasok sya sa daycare sa place namin, pero dahil may playhouse sa loob ng classroom.
lagi sya iyak pag pinipilit ko sya sit sa chair nya and participate sa class. dahil iyak ng iyak for several days, i decided na tigil muna aral nya.

fault din namin mag asawa, all day he's watching youtube video's... playing sa iphone. wala sya ibang ka-interact na bata aside from his older sister. wala sya playmate outside the house. more on english speaking sya than tagalog. he's smart naman, speech lang talaga ang problem namin.

my hubby finally decided that we bring him to a developmental pedia. we finally got a slot with dra jocelyn sanchez on may 22nd. if you have any thoughts, advices... please share. i really need some light regarding this matter. any help will be appreciated. thanks in advance!

hi sis! kamusta yung pagvisit niyo kay dra. sanchez? may schedule kasi kami sa kanya sa May 31.
Thanks

[Pretty_ava]

sisses please give me some feedback kay dra. Salazar of UST and VRP. 

my nephew's pedia advised my sister na dalhin sa dev pedia si leoboy, he is turning 3 this august.  super hyper and nanakit sya pag di nabigay yun gusto nya.  takbo ng takno, tumitigl lang sya pag tulog na sya.

[JhaeynL]

Hi mga sis, pa join... my son is turning 2y/o two months from now.. And he rarely speaks.. There are times when I call him, he doesn't look back at me specially when he's watching tv/playing. whenever someone smiles at him, he smiles back too even if it's a stranger.  He has a brother who is now 4months, 18 months yung gap nila.  Before, he says amen after we pray,and walks /runs until his brother came out , ngayon lagi na nagpapakarga... Should I bring him to a devpedia na?

[firewoman24]

^^my daughter's pedia is dr salazar and we love him! Even if we live in cainta dumadayo pa kami sa uerm just to see him

[sleepy_grfld]

after months of contemplation, i had the courage to set an appointment na with a dev pedia a few minutes ago. sa mga lists na nabasa ko, pinakamalapit sa amin si dra. noemi salazar (FEU-NRMF) kaya sa kanya ko na lang dadalhin ang anak ko. the earliest date i got, October 7, 2014.

sis firewoman si dra. noemi salazar ba yung tinutukoy mo? or, ibang salazar dahil "him" tawag mo sa kanya?

[Pretty_ava]

^sis, did you just called her clinic to set the appointment? meron din kase syang clinic sa VRPMC aka Polymedic.   

[mommyheart]

Hi Mommies,

I hope you're all good. Struggling ako mag-hanap ng Developmental Pedia para sa Baby Yvan ko. Tried calling Dra Reyes and Pacifico, fully booked na til March 2015. Kung may magcancel lang daw eh pwede ako fast track. Hindi ko kasi knew na ganito katagal appointment sa kanila and Yvan still have Pneumonia, treatment and all. Baka meron sa inyo dyan may magcancel ng slot within Manila area or Cavite, please let me know. Searching parin ako online baka meron pa.

Many thanks!

[purple_girl]

^hi sis! you can try this site for a list of dev peds and contact numbers:

http://www.autismpinoy.com/

maybe you can try calling yung mga malapit sa inyo baka may avail sila na mas maaga than 2015.

[JhaeynL]

Update on my son, I enrolled him at gymboree.. I guess yun yung kelangan nya Kasi delayed mag salita need ng interaction, but I still scheduled him with a dev pedia... His sched is on sept Kay dr. Moral sa Asian hosp...


mommy heart, Kung within cavite ka Lang try mo rin Asian Kay dr moral , I'm from cavite too.. Pero sa sept pa sched namin..

Hi Mommies,

I hope you're all good. Struggling ako mag-hanap ng Developmental Pedia para sa Baby Yvan ko. Tried calling Dra Reyes and Pacifico, fully booked na til March 2015. Kung may magcancel lang daw eh pwede ako fast track. Hindi ko kasi knew na ganito katagal appointment sa kanila and Yvan still have Pneumonia, treatment and all. Baka meron sa inyo dyan may magcancel ng slot within Manila area or Cavite, please let me know. Searching parin ako online baka meron pa.

Many thanks!

[msals2007]

I can't find a thread on child psychologist. I read somewhere here di ko na lang makita, I'm not sure if child psychologist nga yun pero yung bibisita pa talaga sa bahay at school nung bata to observe. Does anybody knows a psychologist na ganun? Mas maganda sana kaysa based lang sa interaction nila sa clinic para mas maobserve yung behavior ng bata while being exposed to other people in various settings.

[renchie22]

hello po.share ko [textspeak!] po yung s son ko.medyo po kc malaki yung ulo nya.nung 4 months nya po dinala ko po sya s nuero pedia.ni refer nya po kme s PCMC pr ipa ultrasound yung ulo nya.kc para daw pong my hydro.nung lumabas po result.wala [textspeak!] po.then sb po ng dra.nya ipa MRI ko nga daw po.the result is my macrocephaly daw po yung anak ko.s brain daw po ntin may mga white matters, yung s knya kokonti tpos yung iba napipi pa.tpos pina EEG ko din po sya s ST.lukes ang result po is normal,pinag walang bahala ko n po lhat yun kc nakakalakad n [textspeak!] sya,nakakapag [textspeak!] n din po ng mga words.Ngaun po 4 years old n po sya.dito ko nagkaroon ng problema.dapat pl derederestso konsulta ko s nuero nya.although nakakapagsalita marunong gumamit ng ibat ibang gadgets ,malikot .ang di ko [textspeak!] napansin is yung pag di nya gusto at [textspeak!] sya di mo sya makakausap.ipapasok ko n sana sya s school ky lang natatakot [textspeak!] ako ma reject sya , nagkita po kme ng therapist nya last sat.and he told me .ikonsulta ko daw po ang anak ko s dev.pedia .sb ko bkit normal [textspeak!] sya.sb nya kc yung behavioral daw po iba.
san po kaya may mas mbilis n dev.pedia at magkano po kaya yung consultation.thanks po

[purple_girl]

we had our follow up with dr reloza yesterday and there were both good news and bad news.

good news: sobrang laki ng in-inimprove ng daughter ko after 7 months of therapy. at par na ang performance niya sa age group niya and okay na ang focus niya. she can now focus and finish the tasks on hand. ang issue naman before was her super short attention span and looks like na-overcome niya na yun.

bad news: there are signs that she has a learning disability (dyslexia). although, sabi naman ni dra, she's too young para ma-diagnose as dyslexic. she's hoping na ma-overcome din ng daughter ko yun like yung sa short attention span niya. she recommended that we drop our OT sessions from 2x to 1x a week.  she would have totally removed the OT na had it not been for the signs for dyslexia.  her OT will now focus on improving planning, visio-spatial, and memory skills, but will still incorporate focus and hand skills for enrichment.  she's hoping that my daughter can improve in 6 months kaya she's scheduling her follow up after 6 months instead of 1 year.  may ibang cases daw kasi na after 1 year pa ang follow up if from the responses/tests results mukhang kakailanganin pa ng longer period for OT.  sa case naman ni daughter mukhang mabilis naman daw niyang nao-overcome yung issues that's why she's giving her 6 months.  i'm really hoping na mag-improve siya and ma-overcome niya yung signs ng dyslexia.

on another note, my daughter and i super love dr reloza. she's really nice and answers all your questions, hindi siya yung tipong nagmamadali.  during the session, my niece and i were asked to go out and naiwan si daughter dun sa clinic, kami naman nasa labas lang but naka-open naman yung door so nakikita namin kung ano yung ginagawa nila.  while doing their activities, chinichika ni daughter ko si dra and it was really obvious na comfortable siya. typically, it takes my daughter a long while to warm up to people, she's usually reserved pag di pa niya close and laging nakikita. with dra, sobrang at ease siya kahit 2nd time pa lang nilang magkita, nagkukwento talaga siya and minsan siya pa ang nag-iinitiate ng conversation. dra was a bit late, pero ok lang naman, minsan may  mga nangyayari talaga na out of control natin which leads to tardiness, so hindi naman naging issue sa akin at hindi naman siya sobrang late. nagulantang ako sa daughter ko nung tinanong niya si dra bakit daw ang tagal dumating, very innocent naman yung pagkakatanong niya. after sumagot ni dra, sabi niya akala daw niya pumunta pa si dra sa bank kasi matagal daw pag nagpupunta dun. hehe... all in all, very satisfied talaga kami kay doc.

[TowBerryBlue]

^^my daughter's pedia is dr salazar and we love him! Even if we live in cainta dumadayo pa kami sa uerm just to see him

Sis! Parehas tayo ng Doctor!! I love Dr. Salazar! My cousin told me about him (dun kasi intern ang cousin ko taking meds sa UERM) and sabi nya, the best daw talaga. I love him! Sobrang ine-explain nya sa amin lahat. Tapos since andun cousin ko, libre kami lagi. hehe

[TowBerryBlue]

my baby will be 18 months end of May. He rarely talks pero few months ago he can say mama, dada, baba, yaya and hala. Parang nagregress siya eh since lumipat kaming bahay two months ago and sumobra unti quality time namin sa kanya and he doesn't respond to his name. Nagpa sked na kami sa mga dev ped, earliest sked we got is with Dr. Jack Herrin sa Cardinal, next month na. My baby has red flags kasi of ASD and we're worried. Sabi nila it's best to have him checked after he turns two pero I want him to startnwith therapy na. Sa mga may toddlers with ASD, what age kayo nagpacheck sa dev pedia and any feedback kay dr. Herrin?

Thanks!

Nag second opinion kami kay Dr. Herrin pero we went mismo sa Bulacan, sa Malolos. He was nice and he really informed us what we need to do. Sabi nya since my son can't communicate well yun ang nagiging problem. Ipa therapy daw kaagad and that's what we did naman.

Sis, you can try Dr. Ana Maria Treichler-Borgaily. She's in Makati and medyo pricey sya pero she prioritizes kasi yung mga new patients. Nakakuha kami kaagad ng schedule sa kanya. She's good and she will really give you options on what to do.

[sleepy_grfld]

^sis, did you just called her clinic to set the appointment? meron din kase syang clinic sa VRPMC aka Polymedic.   

sorry for the late reply. ngayon lang uli nakapagbukas ng gt. anyway, yes, we just called her clinic for appointment.

UPDATE: we were lucky someone cancelled his/her appointment yesterday and we were given the slot. as i've mentioned, our original schedule was on october 7 pa. so, we visited dra salazar yesterday. she was nice. while we were talking, she was already observing my child and after a few minutes, she said, my child is an indulged/spoiled child. there were activities she made my daughter to do to show proof of her assessment. she then taught us on better "parenting." she "prescribed" my daughter to undergo OT for 6 months for behavior modification. i still have to inquire how much the OT costs. i hope, we can pay for it.

we paid pala 3500 for our visit to dra salazar.

[Project60]

our developmental pedia is doctor herrin. Our first session with him was when my son was only 1.8 years old. Siyempre he didn't rule out anything pa kasi too young pa naman daw and he would like our son to undergo OT first just to make sure na tama yung diagnosis. And so we've been doing 2x a week OT since then. My Son is now 3.2 years old and it was only yesterday na bumalik kami kay dr herrin kasi like most mommies here natatakot din ako sa pwedeng evaluation. Ok naman yung session kahapon malaki na daw improvment ni baby he has now given us a go signal to start speech therapy and to continue ot 2x a week babalik kami for follow up kay dr herrin on november.

My advice is - if you're contemplating on whether to bring your child to a dev ped- DO IT. ang mawawala lang sa pag papaassess is yung pera- kayang kitain yun pero yung time kasi to do the intervention very critical- sabi nga nila the earlier simulan yung intervention the higher the chances na matulungan si baby. At the end of the day, wag matakot- after all whatever diagnosis ang sabihin our love for our children will never change, diba mga sis?

My son is attending OT at therabilities and I plan to continue his OT there kasi okay naman- I think Thera is one of the best centers in the philippines (accdg sa mga nababasa and reviews). My son's OT is teacher jill- she's frank and shows genuine care for my son. Pero yung speech therapy im thinking of having it done somewhere in pque- hindi na kasi kaya ng schedule namin since taga pque kami - any speech therapist recommendations from pque?

I'm praying my baby would continue improving. kailangan lang talaga kumayod ng kumayod dahil ang mahal talaga. 

[nylanig]

hi mga sis! been calling Dr. Salazar's clinic sa VRP pero walang sumasagot.
Kindly pm naman mga sis mobile number niya or ng secretary niya?

thank you