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
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?