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Worried about 14 month old development, is she doing enough?

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HayleyM27 · 18/08/2020 10:51

Hi all, I know there’s probably a ton of similar posts but I’m a bit of a worrier and I was just wondering whether my 14 month old is doing enough. I’ve made myself worried by reading what other babies can do her age which I know is silly in itself but I can’t help but worry sometimes.

She can walk, wave, say bye (which seems to be her only consistent word) and one that she usually uses whilst waving and leaving the room, she has said ‘duck & bubble before but only rarely says them. She will blow kisses and depending on what mood she’s in will give me a kiss if I ask her to. She’ll pass me things like a book if she wants me to read it and her cup if she’s ran out of juice. If I say where’s daddy she’ll usually go to where he is.

She has copied stuff I’ve done so animal noises she has copied but if I show her the animal and ask her what noise it does she wouldn’t be able to do it. She does that Indian noise thing with her mouth and copies me when I do it. She makes ice creams on this toy we have and pretends to eat it with the noises stuff like that. She understands when I say no and will stop what she’s doing unless she’s being cheeky Grin when she doesn’t want something it’ll be her hand shoving it away or turning her head away rather than a verbal communication.

She’s good at eye contact and if her dad is making her laugh she’ll look over at me smiling as if to be like ‘ are you watching mummy?’. She has laughed at stuff I’ve done which I’m guessing she’s found funny like pretending to be an animal.

I guess what’s got me worried is she doesn’t point and doesn’t follow where I’m pointing. So many times I’ve pointed at something and tried asking her to bring it to me but she doesn’t. I know lack of pointing is a thing to watch out for is she doing enough for her age for me to not worry so much about it?

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Jannt86 · 18/08/2020 14:03

She sounds fab. The imaginative play is definitely very promising. The talking sounds on track. The pointing she has until 18MO before you need to worry at all and in the context of her doing so much other social stuff is not a concern at all. Try not to compare her to other kids. They all have different strengths and weaknesses. Mine didn't talk particularly fast. She's caught up at 28MO but I know there's still other kids her age who are much more conversational. I also know there's not many kids her age could complete a 24 piece jigsaw by themselves or accurately count out as many as 10 objects or do half the physical things she can do.... as your little one develops you'll start to see what their strengths are and start to relax a bit. I was worried about my DD when she was 14MO too because she wasn't talking or babbling much but I've relaxed a bit now that I can tell that she's developing into a perfectly happy, healthy, smart little girl. Chances are you'll look back and feel the same in a year or 2 but just keep an eye on things and escalate them to your HV if you're really concerned xx

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