When should babies copy/ imitate you?

[goldie12]

My DS is nearly 9 months and doesn't copy anything I do. I know it's a little early for waving etc. but should he be copying some things by now?

Thanks for any input x

my dd only copied blowing raspberries by then, before that nothing, now she 11month and trying to copy things like clapping and waving, and it is said that boys are generally (not always) a little behind girls.

dont worry too much he'll do it at his own pace, hes only a tiddler!

IME it's still a litle bit early. My most recent experience is with my DS3 who started to copy things when he was about 11 months. My DS2 did start copying things quite a bit earlier than this, but he was a bit freakishly early on a lot of things.

Thanks What are the first things that he may start to copy?

...so that I could possibly encourage him further. He really doesn't show any signs of copying anything. His nature is quite stubborn though laid back so he tends to do things quite late.

Goldie, my ds who is now 10 months didn't copy anything that I could see until recently (apart from smiling back). I kind of 'hothoused' him to wave, by waving at him in his chair, then waving his arm for him, then waving again and touching the back of his hand saying 'wave with this one'. It did work, after about a week he started to wave back. Now he waves loads.
Mind you it's a bit of a party trick and I woudn't place much store on training babies to do things like that for your own satisfaction, rather than just letting them do things in their own time.