A study which looked at developmental milestones of “pandemic babies” at two years, has found gaps in their communication skills, and that they could benefit from additional support.
A small proportion of babies born early in the Covid-19 pandemic had gaps in their communication skills at age two and could benefit from additional support, a study by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has revealed.
Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, the research builds on findings from a study last year on “pandemic babies” at 12 months of age.
The new study looked at communication and other developmental milestones in two-year olds who were born in the first months of the Covid-19 and lived through lockdown as babies. The study compared them with results for two-year olds who were born before the pandemic began.
