Not clapping pointing or waving

[lovemyprince]

Seen a post similar to this but was from a few years ago my little one hasn't long turned 11 month old and he isn't waving pointing or clapping in always doing this with him was just wondering if there was a way to encourage him to do it at his 9-12 month check that was done at 9 month everything was fine apart from him not crawling or pulling him self up on furniture but he's doing all that now but I'm just worried incase the health visitor says it's something I should worry about when she comes out at the end of next week

I was at the supermarket when a toddler in a forward facing buggy was waving at random customers. I waved back at him and his mum came over asking why I waved. I explained that he was waving at everyone and I felt bad for not waving back and she was shocked. She'd never seen him do it but he knew it was a good way to get attention from strangers

I often wonder how many of my kids firsts weren't really their firsts. They could have said their first word at nap time in their room etc

Pointing, waving and clapping isn't something to worry about imo. Do you have any worries about his vision or hearing? Does he understand you a bit and turn his head when you speak? Does he try to communicate his needs maybe grunt or gesture to be picked up etc? Does he follow your finger if you pointed at something?

He lifts his arms up if he wants picked up or he'll pull him self up onto is and sort of let is know after that if he wants picked up he loves to come and see what and once he has what I had he will sit and look at it and sort of try to figure out what to do with it and shows an interest in it and he does turn his head and stuff when a talk to him and say his name but sometimes it's like he's ignoring is and it's mostly if he's standing in from of the telly watching cartoons when a wave and point at him he smiles and he does things like pull his blanket up over his face and when a say aww where's he gone he pulls it down and a go peek a boo and he smiles he'll go over and push the door shut and wait for is to clap and say well done before he turns round and smiles at is

My eldest started waving at 12 months, clapping at 13 months, pointing at 14 months. I've no idea if he had a bit of a delay or if we hadn't just modelled those actions enough. After we made a point of going "Yay! Clever boy!" and clapping whenever he did something like aiming a spoon at his mouth he picked up on clapping right quick.

I do that when he pushes the door shuts because he waits for me to do that before he turns round and smiles

Like when a do if your happy and you know it he smiles when a clap then just sits and giggles away when it comes to stamping my feet so don't really get far with that because we're both just sitting creasing laughing because he's laughing because I'm stamping my feet and I'm laughing because he is