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Worried about 13 month old

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Natalie654321 · 23/07/2020 12:43

Hello, my daughter was 13 months old yesterday and I am worried about her development. Things she can do:
Eat by herself, use a sippy cup, has good pincer grasp, cruises using furniture, responds to name, makes a lot of sounds, will sometimes copy sounds eg. Yum she says 'ya', good eye contact, loves turning pages of books, started to wave and is slowly learning to clap her hands although she can't actually put her hands together yet.
Things she can't do:
Doesn't say any words that have meaning eg. She will say dada but does not know who that is.
Can't stand alone.
Can't walk alone.

I am worried as I have heard that babies that are slow walkers are fast talkers and vice versa but my daughter doesn't seem to be very good at either. Please tell me I am thinking too much into it?

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Natalie654321 · 23/07/2020 12:51

She also takes objects out of containers but never puts them in

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jellyfish1982 · 23/07/2020 13:03

She's only 13 months, i really wouldn't be worried at all.

Natalie654321 · 23/07/2020 19:44

Yes you are right

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veejayteekay · 24/07/2020 11:38

Doesn't sound to me like anything to worry about at all. My son was 15 months when started walking and his development was considered totally normal. As for skills like clapping, knowing words in context etc id say I wouldn't expect a 13m old to be able to put that many words in context yet. Some kids are very fast at these things and you'll always find miracle babies in every friendship group to compare to but nothing you've said sounds out of the ordinary to me. If it's any consolation my now 21m old is very vocal and has a wide vocabulary but only very recently has actually said daddy other than dada and only recently really distinguished between when to say mummy and daddy. He also wasnt particularly fast at learning how to do things like put bricks together, feed himself etc bit it all evens out. I used to panic and look things up sumx but have always found the advice is there's not much they worry about them not doing until they get to around 18ms and even then there's room for flexibility so you've got plenty of time yet xxx

Jannt86 · 24/07/2020 17:15

Mine was only saying a couple of words at the same age but was saying a couple of simple sentences at 21MO and is now starting to really become what I'd regard as 'conversational' at 27MO. She also didn't walk exclusively until about 13MO but if you'd seen her bossing the climbing frame that a lot of kids twice her age aren't capable of tackling you wouldn't be worried there's anything wrong with her motor skills Grin your child sounds right on track. They all learn different things at different times and mostly will level out by the end of their toddler years. 18MO is really a better time to review progress and 2YO better still unless a delay is barn door. In particularly if not pointing or showing a reasonable level of understanding by 18MO or if not saying a fair few words or joining words together by age 2 then it might be time to start seriously reviewing her progress. The only thing I'd possibly get done at this age is a hearing test just to r/o any issues here. Other than that though I'd just enjoy your baby because she will grow so fast Smile xx

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