Hi all,
I have a beautiful little boy who has just turned 13 months. He’s not yet doing any kind of spontaneous gesture. He doesn’t wave or clap, despite me doing this all the time with him. He watches with interest when I wave and clap, but doesn’t even try to imitate me. In fact, he doesn’t really imitate me at all even with peekaboo, or making sounds etc. He is babbling, most just ba ba ba, and general sounds. Not walking but not far off. He is a happy baby, smiles and laughs and seems to enjoy being around family and other babies, comes to me for comfort etc but I can’t help but be a bit concerned around his lack of gesture and general lack of imitation. Is he just a late developer do you think? I will speak to my HV, but wondered what everyone else’s experiences of this kind of this were. Thank you :)
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13 months and not using any gesture
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Kstar321 · 28/03/2022 17:08
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