I’m worried about my 11 month old. I feel like maybe he’s behind on some things and showing some behaviours I should be concerned about.
He doesn’t clap. In fact he doesn’t hold two things at a time either.
He waves, but it’s random, and sometimes at nothing. Sometimes he will return a wave, but other times he just sits and smiles but makes no attempt. This leads me to believe he doesn’t understand what it means.
He reaches his while hand out to objects he wants to touch, but does not point. He has never pointed out another person or something in a book.
I think he follows a point to a certain extent. He will look at objects I point at, but it’s hard to tell if he is just looking at my hand. He has maybe turned his head once or twice to look at something in the distance. Sometimes I point and he will turn but not really look at the direction of the point, if that makes sense.
He head bangs sometimes. In his crib. Or tonight he was sitting up against our bedroom door and head banged a couple times while looking at me and smiling. It’s not something he does when angry or frustrated. Just at random times.
He shakes his head back and forth a lot. In his high chair or when he is on a swing. Not sure if this is a stimulators behaviour.
He spins the wheels on cars. He flips pages back and forth repeatedly. He plays with a variety of toys, but definitely likes to play with certain parts repetitiously.....although he will play with the whole toys too, just some parts more than others.
He used to play with the parts that I would show him, but now he prefers to do his own thing.
He loves opening and closing doors.
He is crawling and just started pulling to stand. He has not cruised yet. Can bare weight when standing and will take steps if we hold his arms. He seems to like to push up on his toes quite a bit, but also stands flat footed.
He hesitates when he is crawling if there is a change in surface (carps to tile, tile to hardwood).
He pulls my hair with this menacing look and doesn’t respond to no when he does it. Although he will respond to no at other times. It’s hit and miss.
He laughs when I cry or yell.
I think he knows his name. He doesn’t always answer. If I come into the room and call him he will almost always look. How do I know if he knows my name or isn’t just responding to the sound of my voice?
He doesn’t ‘give five’ or blow kisses. Or at least, he will maybe do it 1 in 10 times.
He just doesn’t seem to mimic well.
He used to like looking in the mirror, but now he doesn’t.
He doesn’t smile when I get him from his crib, but will smile when I’ve been away.
I love him to death and he can do a lot of things:
- he smiles at everyone
- he is very interested in people and loves to watch them
- he babbles almost constantly, and I think he knows the words ‘mama’ and ‘dada’ in relation to us.
- he understands a lot of words. Will look at at least 10 things if we say ‘Where’s (insert item here)?
- he follows several commands ‘come here, throw the ball, go get (insert item here)
- he knows some shapes.
- he will throw a ball back and forth or roll a tube back and forth to us
- he loves and initiates peekaboo all the time.
- he reaches to be picked up
- he is very attached to me and cries when I leave him with the sitter or anyone but my husband.
- he is always looking for and reaching to me if held by someone else even my husband!
- he is a good eater and sleeps well
- he can pick up his sippy cup and drink from a straw.
- he self feeds very well
I don’t know if any of this is worrisome or if it’s just new mom anxiety and not knowing what to expect. Am I expecting too much? I see other babies that seem to be able to do a lot of what I’m worried about. I know I shouldn’t compare, but I can’t help it.
TIA (thanks in advance)