”Three turn over, six sit, seven roll, eight crawl, week walk”, meaning that babies learn to turn over at three months; six months will sit; seven months will roll back and forth; eight months will crawl; one week old will walk. This is based on the normal growth pattern of infants summed up. However, if some babies do not reach these standards during their growth, it is important to be alert: perhaps your child has cerebral palsy. Often, parents can determine other diseases from some symptoms, but if they are wrong, they can delay the treatment of their children. A normal child’s eyesight will move with the movement of objects, especially bright ones, but a child with cerebral palsy will have slower eye response, so we may think the child has dementia. For example, the child’s speech may be slurred, the child may drool, and the child may be slow to respond. These may also be mistaken for dementia. So how do we distinguish between these? First of all, we can analyze it from the causative factors: Pediatric cerebral palsy: the child’s brain is damaged by the death of some cells in the brain due to the lack of oxygen and asphyxia in early childhood, resulting in a disease mainly caused by the child’s motor impairment, usually called pediatric cerebral palsy. It is often accompanied by intellectual deficits, epilepsy, behavioral abnormalities, mental disorders and visual, auditory and speech impairments. Cerebral palsy is mainly manifested as a disorder of motor function. Pediatric dementia: It is caused by congenital deficiencies, or improper conditioning in later life, etc. The main manifestation of this disease is mental retardation in children. This disease is equivalent to the Western medical term mental retardation. Dementia is not only complex, but also has a long course, especially in those who are stunted in the fetus, and often becomes a chronic disease. It is mainly manifested in the form of mental retardation in children. From these definitions, we can see that pediatric cerebral palsy is primarily a motor disorder, while pediatric dementia is primarily an intellectual disorder. So we can judge these two diseases from these. The symptoms of pediatric cerebral palsy are mainly associated with epilepsy, behavioral abnormalities, and psychiatric visual and auditory disorders. Usually, the main problems are motor problems, abnormal limb movements and abnormal posture, such as “scissor feet”. These problems can be treated and improved through rehabilitation and surgery. Usually, most children are almost as normal after regaining limb movement. Mentally, they may be a little worse. Pediatric dementia: The main symptom is that the child has poor intelligence and is unable to learn or has very poor learning ability. Usually, the child also has a dull gaze and a pale complexion. Pediatric dementia is a long-term chronic disease that requires rehabilitation. This is the difference between pediatric cerebral palsy and pediatric dementia in terms of symptoms, major behaviors and treatment. Warm tip: After determining whether the child belongs to cerebral palsy or pediatric dementia based on these symptoms, parents need to pay attention to it actively and go to the relevant specialized hospital to cooperate with the examination and diagnosis.