Fewer 1-year-olds who were born in 2020 could point, say a full word or wave goodbye than infants born prior to the pandemic, a study found.
Babies born into Covid-related lockdowns have taken longer to reach certain developmental milestones than babies born pre-pandemic, a study found.
The results were based on a questionnaire given to parents of 309 babies in Ireland during the pandemic. Around each infant's first birthday, their parents were asked whether the baby could perform 10 different tasks, such as standing up or stacking bricks. The researchers then compared those results tothat assessed the same 10 skills between 2008 and 2011. Both groups of parents were asked to complete the surveys as close to their child’s birthday as possible.
It's no surprise, then, that babies' communications skills were delayed, Byrne said:"If no one's coming to your house to leave again, you're not going to learn how to say 'bye, bye.'"
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