12 month old ds, stopped making consonant sounds while babbling...........

[deeeja]

Hi, I am becoming more and more worried about my 12onth old ds.
He used to make complex sounds while babbling ,but now only makes an 'aa' sound. He doesn't copy my facial expresions, still wakes in the night two or three times for a feed, and doesn't let me play with him. For example, if he is looking at a book, and I try to share with him, he gets very annoyed and screams at me and grabs the book away and turns his back on me. He used to be able to point, but now uses his whole hand.
He prefers to bottom-shuffle rather than crawl, is pulling himself up to stand, so not worried about that. He does however think he is more able than he is, and will try to balance and let go while standing, even though he is obviously still wobbly. I have to watch him like a hawk!
I am mainly worried about his communication skills and loss of babbling sounds, and the fact that he doesn't seem able to undestand me when I say simple things to him. He does look me in the eye, and seems quite a happy baby in other ways.
What do you think?

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So no-one then..............

Sorry your earlier posts got missed.

I've got a 10 month old DS who's not doing half the things the other babies do on my postnatal thread. Was he born prem at all as sometimes this can make a difference in terms of their development?

You obviously know your child better than anyone else but they do all develop at different stages and tbh at 12 months old they are still very young to understand conversations.

Some children enjoy just playing by themselves, if you play peek a boo with him do you get a reaction ? a laugh or a giggle ?

You are probably due a 12 month check up with your HV soon so maybe you could mention it then ?

Hope this helps x