HV doesn’t seem particularly interested but I’m a little worried. I’m not comparing and finding him lacking in a nasty way, I’m just concerned as he seems really behind his peers.
He’s just 14 months old. Can crawl speedily, cruise speedily and climbs everything he possibly can. He’s been pulling himself up for months.
He’s started standing alone when distracted and has taken the odd couple of steps if we hold his hands but he’s quiet independent and gets impatient and drops to a crawl.
He doesn’t clap or point. Has waved sporadically but doesn’t do it so much anymore although we don’t do a lot of waving at him. He does gesture to things he wants - food, me, sippy cup.
In his 12 month check he was slightly behind in communication but over the threshold. He was fine in all other aspects.
He doesn’t have any words - I think this is what’s worrying me as I thought they were either a talker or a Walker...
He understands things like “do you want water?” He will come over to get it or look at it and gesture at it. He understands “put your arms up” when I’m getting him dressed and complies. He looks to us when we say where’s mummy or where’s daddy and comes to us if we ask him to.
He will also do a high five if we ask and do the gesture.
He shares toys, brings books he wants us to read, rolls a ball to me when he’s in the mood so we can roll it back and forth.
He loves me singing nursery rhymes but doesn’t do the actions, but he giggles before bits he likes as he knows they are coming.
He babbles a lot and is constantly “chatting” and makes lots of different noises just no words. He’s very interested when we are trying to get him to say words though he watches our mouths very closely.
He eats amazingly, manages finger food really well and eats a good range. Is interested in everything, plays with his toys well on his own and loves mirrors and opening cupboards.
He will watch a bit of baby sensory on tv and enjoys that but gets bored of it quickly. Loves climbing and bouncing and cruising and trying to clamber onto us.
I think the fact he’s not either walking or talking is bothering me - I feel like he should be doing one or the other by now and that I’m not doing enough. Even though he’s not talking he communicates with us in different ways to show us what he wants.
Does he sound normal to you?