Worrying firts time mum. Please help

[Bebbee]

Hi. My boy is 9,5 months old. He is crawling and sits unsupported. I started to worry because he is keep rocking himself back and forth before sleep and now he started to do it for example after playing also rocking left and right. He doesnt point, wave, clap, doesnt look in the directions i point. When i smile he smiles back when is play peek a boo he laughs. I m really scared that he is coming up with signs of autism. Has anybodys child did this ?

Children develop in different ways and at different rates. It's impossible to predict at 9.5 months whether your child with behaviours as you describe in your OP may or may not have some kind of neurodiversity issue, but speaking as someone with autism I find it rather worrying that you are "scared" that he might show signs of autism. There's nothing to be scared of and nothing you can do to change the facts one way or another but you clearly love your baby and that's all that matters.

Carry on listening and watching and meeting his needs. Who knows what the next few years will bring. Maybe he will be entirely neurotypical and just needed a bit more time to gain some of the development milestones. Maybe he'll always need a bit more support to deal with some aspects of the world. But he'll always have your love so one way or another everything will be ok. It's fine to make notes of things that seem unusual to you because if it does turn out that some kind of assessment is needed, you may not be able to remember the details of what happened when.

Contact your health visitor.