Worried about babies development or lack of

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Dd is 17 weeks tomorrow and I'm beginning to worry about her development. She's not doing anything other babies her age are. Just had a read thought the September thread and feel sick now as they're all rolling over, sitting up, getting ready to eat, teething and my dd is not doing any of these things. At what point do I really panic? Do I need to talk to anyone about this?

My dd was doing none of those things either! And is now a happy 4 year old. Is she alert and growing well? If so it's unlikely to be anything to worry about. You could always talk to your hv if you're still worried.

People have a tendency to exaggerate what their babies are doing!

Er, no. Rolling is one of those weird things that can happen at 3 months or 8 months. Sitting up is between 6-8 months, usually they start having ago at 6 months and have mastered it at 8 (so your dd might start sitting up in about 9 weeks). Teething again it is ijn the range of normal to cut a first tooth at one. Eating - reccommended at 6 months, some start earlier.The only things your baby should be doing are smiling, having some head control, making noise. Stop reading september thread, are all their babies are sleeping well suspiciously early too? ;)

Ds is 6months old and still doesn't roll! I know 1 year olds without teeth! Honestly if she is happy and feeding well don't worry about the rest! It will all come in time...not sure ds will crawl he loves being on his feet too much!

She smiles, laughs and is starting to gurgle. She can hold her head up but is a bit wobbly it's like holding a potato up with a toothpick her heads so big but that's about it! Nowhere near sitting. Won't be starting solids until 6 months.
Just worrying and she's not even a pfb! I've obviously got a psb. You'd have thought I'd have learnt after worrying about the first one so much!

DD sat at 6 months, weaned at 6 months, crawled at 8 months, didn't start rolling until she started crawling, and has just started walking at 13 months. I didn't think any of that was in any way unusual! I have a friend whose DS sat up at 4 months and crawled at 5 months but I think he is the unusual one . Honestly your baby is very young to be doing any of those things, some do them sooner and some later.

No. Partly because some of the thread mums will be exaggerating, partly because she is nowhere near the upper age limit for when meeting those milestones is normal, partly because there is nothing you can do about it.
I do recognise the feeling, my DD is nearly 8m and still can't sit up unsupported, only rolled about 6 weeks ago, no signs of crawling. Even though Ds2 was just the same (and didn't walk until 16m) and is absolutely fine, I can feel myself having to consciously ignore slightly smug/pitying looks at baby groups. Babies develop at different rates so unless she is missing milestones by a long way (and there is a big range of normal for all these things) then don't worry. It's very naively PFB to take personal pride in your baby's achievements, as in implying that sitting up early is a sign of giftedness, rather than just being chuffed they are doing something new.

At 17w all that DS could do was laugh, hold his head up and lift his toys up to his mouth. He rolled over at 5m, sat unsupported just before 6m and started solids at about the same time. He never crawled, but started bum shuffling at 8m, walked unsupported at 13m. First tooth didn't appear till 11m, hair took even longer! These were all about average for his baby group, except he was the last one to lose the gummy smile. He is now a very active, alert, happy 2.5 yo. You have a few months before you even have to think about getting worried.

Dd learnt to roll just before her 1st birthday, didn't get teeth till 10 months and didn't crawl till after she could walk!

DD learnt to roll when she was 8 months. She couldn't sit without reliably tipping over backwards for quite a while too. But 2 weeks after she rolled for the first time she started to crawl then she was standing by 9.5 months and walking by 13 months. Older, she was behind others jumping, hopping, rolly pollies etc. but she's persevered and always gets there in the end. She's bright with good fine motor skills. They all develop at their own pace and style.

My dgd, who's an absolute genius couldn't roll for the longest time, despite all the classes my dd was giving her and didn't crawl till after she could walk either.

Any baby doing any of the things in your list at barely four months is extremely precocious, IMHO. And, even so, the slower ones of my friends' children seem to be the ones getting masters' degrees.

Oh and she had no teeth at 17 weeks either. Are you sure your friends babies are teething or just doing the drooling thing?

17 weeks is such a lovely age. Most babies just smile and laugh, reach and grab in between milk feeds and that's about it - which is why it's so lovely!

Solids aren't recommended until around six months for a variety of health reasons, plus it's a massive faff.

People are in such a rush for their children to be the first at everything, it really takes the fun out. Just enjoy this phase, the rest will come

I think it's perfectly normal to have no teeth at 17 weeks! He drools and chews but it's not really teething. Also weaning is YOUR choice and it is recommended to wait until 6 months, I'm not weaning my 20 week old until Feb! He hasn't rolled on the floor only on a soft bouncy surface and can wobbly sit for about 5 seconds unsupported! But he's delightful and alert, can grab things and laughs and laughs. He's perfect. And I'm sure your DD is too!

Stop comparing ! Ds could roll at around 10 weeks which was early among his peers but subsequently was diagnosed as dyspraxic. Rolling , sitting , feeding, sleeping through all mean different things to different people. Sitting propped up or leaning right over to balance momentarily are not the same as sitting independently, for example.

Try not to worry, its hard I know but they do it all in their own time. My daughter is now 16 months and has done everything about 2 months or more behind her peers. The people that tell you not to compare are the ones whose kids are doing everything by the book! I always compare and it drives me mad, I know I shouldn't but it is really hard when your baby is behind. We were actually referred to the hospital as she wouldn't put weight on her feet but the waiting list to see a paediatrician was so long that by the time we saw someone at 15 months she was doing it. She also didn't even entertain solid food until 9 months, didn't roll or crawl until 13 months and got her first teeth at 12 months...bonus in my eyes, she was a much happier baby without the teething and she stayed in one place when I put her down! The food thing was stressful as I was due back at work and still breastfeeding....but I digress, the point is that they all get there eventually!

Just reread your post and your baby isn't even behind, at 4 months my daughter did nothing but eat, sleep and smile, certainly non of the things you said other babies of that age are doing....its was a delightful age, enjoy it xx