Hi, I am so worried about my baby's development and can't stop thinking about it. I have anxiety that is treated with medication & am also under perinatal mental health team for it, but I need to know whether I have a serious cause for concern or whether it's me overthinking - please don't read and run. This will be long but I'm just consumed with it & would really appreciate thoughts.
So far baby:
- love interacting with people, she smiles and laughs, likes playing peekaboo, is really chilled with others and is very easily excitable especially when she sees other babies.
- she is so fascinated and curious about everything and everyone around her. People always comment on how curious she is.
- she is very vocal but doesn't not say "bababa" yet. She says consonant sounds which occasionally sound like words but I don't know if this is babbling because she does not dadada etc. she says things like "ayayayaya" and "awebu" and "opi"
- she keeps squealing/screeching/squeaking now that she's hit 7 months.
- she loves food and eating and dislikes milk.
- love standing and can stand holding onto something for a tiny bit but does not walk yet or stand by herself.
Why I am worried:
- she can't roll back to tummy. She's nearly there but can't do the last propel. She also never rolls tummy to back despite able to do it since 4 months.
- she can't withstand being on her tummy for long periods of time. She's fairly strong but just doesn't like it.
- she doesn't crawl and is not mobile to get from A to B yet.
- she used to respond to her name a lot at 6 months but now she hardly responds when I call her. Sometimes she does. She responds more to my hubby. At baby class a lady had to call her twice before she looked round.
- I don't know if she mimics me. When She sees me laughing she also laughs, when I smile she smiles, if I touch an object she touches the object after me, but she doesn't stick her tongue out if I do it or pull the same faces as me. Is this still mimicking?
I keep thinking that she will have autism or something, I know it's not the end of the world if she does but I have health anxiety so everything feels like the end of the world for me. HV keeps saying she's doing really well but I can't let these thoughts go.