Have started to worry about the level of my two year olds joint attention.
A bit of background - have suffered severe pnd on and off and am currently back on anti-depressants. Have been to see various health profesionals about dd , including a few visits to a pedi. ( not developmental , but attached to a big local child development centre)
My ds (4) is so interactive and focused - dd is very different. Her speech is very good and she points, which I know is also important. She also seems to understand everything I say. She also has pretend play - making tea etc and has just started to talk to teddies and dolls nd pretend they are talking back.
I just wonder if she is where she should be with joint attention. For instance, when I read a book to her she never looks at me to share it with me, although she shows me things in the book and talks about them - ie look there's a cat...
Generally speaking she is much less of an emotion sharer then ds. ie if she is playing she does not look up to share involvement with me as often as I would like her to - perhaps I am just being too paranoid. She does have joint attention but not as free and easy as ds was. Am considering taking her back to ped but don't want to spoil her childhood by dragging her off to professionals all the time if she is ok? Dh says she is ok , but that becasue of my depression I have not spent as much time with dd as with ds. Which is true
Have just come back from a walk with dd during which she talked constantly - she fell down at one point and was telling me aboutthe flowery tights she wanted to wear to replace the muddy ones - but not once did she look up at me to talk - is this normal? ds always seemed to be in my face. Am I even making sense ? Maybe I need to post under the feeling depressed section of mn - am definitely very low at mo, waiting for the antidepressants to kick in. Sorry for the ramble.