Experiences of DC pointing late

[sha160528]

Hi,

My DD will turn 18 months this month and doesn’t actually point to show/ask for something. She reaches for things and does an open hand point when I hold something that she wants but she does not index finger point to show or ask.

She claps and sometimes (not that often tbh) waves.

I just want to know people’s experiences of the above? I did look into the autism route as her dad is currently on the pathway to be assessed and the HV is in the process of doing a SALT referral for her as she didn’t do too well on the screening they do for Autism and scored ‘atypical’ for many of the milestones.

The issue is that a lot of the things that they wanted her to do she didn’t do on the day but she does do in general (she does pretend play, does bring me toys, does show me her toys etc which she didn’t do on this day) she’s 50/50 with responding to her name - she’ll respond when she’s not already preoccupied.

Im just not sure where to go from here as the milestone for pointing is 18 months and not heard anything from the HV since I called her to tell her after their screening that nursery said she always responds to her name there and they have no concerns apart from pointing.

Anyone with any experiences to share?

Thanks

My two were late to point both autistic. Dd could say "where" as to encourage pointing I'd say "where's Daddy?" etc. As she got older she still found following a point difficult so I would have to add "it's next to the yellow box" so it narrowed down the area for her to look at. To help I'd place my finger on the object I was pointing at and slowly move it further away once I could see they were looking where I was pointing. To get them pointing lots of time with books pointing at characters helped.

Did you not post about this before quite recently

There's been loads like this recently

Def the OP. https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5331852-its-likely-that-my-dd-17-months-might-have-autism-will-she-be-able-to-lead-a-somewhat-normal-life?page=4&reply=144235405

@FedupofArsenalgame don’t think it’s a crime to post about it again as there was still time then until DD reached 18 months but now that she’s literally 18 months tomorrow it’s making me wonder where I go from here

A lot of people said to wait and see but tomorrow she’ll have reached the 18 month mark

Didn't say it was a crime but it gives people a chance to read the whole background again. My reply about my children ( none of them ) not speaking till over 2 5 years and not pointing etc $( well in e definitely didn't but I didn't know eep track with the others) stays the same.

Btw none of them are autistic