10 month development check with HV

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Yesterday I received the 10 month development check questionnaire from the HV... it's set me panicking just a little bit. There are quite a few things ds is not yet doing which I thought was ok but now I'm a bit worried.

Does your baby make 2 similar sounds like ba ba, da da or ga ga? No he says mum and that's about it.

If you ask him, Does your baby play at least one nursery game even if you don't show him the activity yourself (such as bye bye, peekaboo, clap your hands, pat a cake) No - he's just starting to wave though.

Does your baby say at least three words such as mama, dada, baba, consistently in context? No - says mama and that's it since he was 7 months, although he tried to say dog to the dog a couple of times.

Also - doesn't pick up with pincer grip yet

Doesn't offer you a toy if you ask for it

The appointment is 12th March - I'm thinking of putting him through an intensive training boot camp in preparation (only slightly light hearted).

Anyone got any recent experience?

I know you don't technically have to do these but I don't want miss something if ds has an issue.

Hi OP - it may be worth having a look at the scoring sheet for the 10 month questionnaire. I have not yet seen any babies who are able to do everything in all sections. The actual expectations are much more realistic. In communication, for instance, you are above the minimal cut off if you answer "yes" twice and "sometimes" once.

Here is one of the links you can check out. The scoring sheets are right behind the questionnaires:

www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/immigranthealth/Ages%20and%20Stages%203%20Master%20Set.pdf

FWIW, DD has been below the cut off for gross motor skills until she started walking at 16 months. At 10 months she scored 10 for gross motor skills (with the cut off of 30) but no-one (apart from me) seemed particularly worried. It is not unusual for babies to be behind in one or two areas and more advanced in others.

This is really helpful thank you very much!

Like the pp said: they don’t expect them to be doing everything on the list in all areas of assessment. Besides, babies develop so quickly that I wouldn’t even look at the sheet until the day before :)

Yes quite, I did get myself in to a bit of a flap I must admit, but I remembered over a three week period over Christmas he started rolling over back to front, sitting up reliably, crawling properly and pulling himself up to stand at furniture and then I realised I was being an absolute pillock and there's really nothing wrong with him. It's been a long time since I've had a baby (ds1 is nearly 8) and I had terrible experience with HV team with him so I've kept a distance this time around.