Developmentlay delay?

[Tristonsmumma]

Hello everyone, im concerned About my son he will be 11 months on 8th of March and has only recently started babbling mamaa and da mostly when hes upset otherwise he is pretty quite he has strong motor skills almost walking unsportted but never crawled properly only army crawl which was mostly one sided shuffling he doesnt wave bye bye or clap but he does cuddle when you ask him to and also does some imitation eg brings the phone to his ear and sniffs flowers when you show him, he plays with age appropriate toys he can put objects in containers and take them out but my biggest concern is he wont hold two items in each hand or bang them together same with his sippy cup he will only use one hand to hold it ive tried to demonstrate it for him and bring his hands together but he gets really aggravated and leaves the activity all together ive mentioned to my gp he sees no concern but im pretty sure he should be doing these things by now

Em sounds like he’s definitely within normal range.

Is he 11 months on 8th Feb, or 8th Mar?

I agree that he sounds within the normal range on babbling and things like (not) waving bye-bye – some babies would be clapping and waving at this age, but quite a few 'normally developing' babies wouldn't.

With his hands, does he always use the same hand to hold his sippy cup/toys? Can he pass a toy from one hand to another? Does he get upset if you bring his hands together in a completely different setting (as part of a song, perhaps)? When he army crawls, is it always one-sided to the same side?

I'm pretty sure that clearly favouring one hand at this age or if he doesn't seem comfortable bringing his hands together at all are things that ought to be checked. I also think you're right that using two hands together to pass a toy or bang toys together usually develops around now. Many children are a bit late with one thing or another – often just because they weren't that bothered about doing it – so it's not necessarily a worry, especially if he's almost 10 months, rather than almost 11, but probably worth keeping an eye on. Do you know if you have a development check with the HV soon?

Hes 11 months on the 8 th of March, he was only using his left arm untill he around 4 month dr said he might be left handed which i know babies dont have a preference at that time he eventually grew out of it and is now using both hands , he does pass toys from one hand to another and yes he gets upset if we try to bring his hands together, with the army crawling its more one sided he sort of bends his left leg and tries to drag his right unfortunately where im living currently doctors are really laid back with this sort of mild problems and as for the waving he started at the beginning of january and was waving for about 3 days but now nothing he just blankly stares at us

We went for evaluation last week he seems to be on track with most of his milestones but we were referred to a PT and they said he might be having trouble with his midline and we need to work on that but unfortunately the day after we went into lockdown so im really worried that we may be losing time 😞

That's good that he's had a proper evaluation and been referred for PT. Can the PT set up a video consultation whilst you're in lockdown? Hopefully then they can see what your wee one is and isn't doing and suggest some exercises and games to help him develop the skills he's struggling with.

Since he can pass objects from one hand to the other, I think I'd encourage that, try and come up with some little games he enjoys that involve it. What about encouraging him to reach out for things slightly off centre? A ball rolling towards him (particularly one big enough to encourage him to use both hands)? Something to bang on? Would he get upset if you touched his left hand to his right knee and vice versa? I used to do that with my wee one (for no particular reason) during nappy changes.

Yes they’ve given us some home activities mainly on tummy time it will be hard to keep him down as his very active at the moment but i will do my best 🙏🏻