I know this subject comes up alot but feel I’m driving myself mad with worry and instead of enjoying my gorgeous baby I’m scrutinising everything he’s doing :(
He’s now 10.5 months and always been a 0-100 kind of baby.
I feel he’s almost like a different baby at home than when out in public.
He’s fairly smiley and curious and into everything at home, once out he’s barely cracks a smile no matter how hard people try - I now call him Mr Serious!
He can babble, but only ‘bababa’ but it’s very intermittent and not very often. He doesn’t really like to be cuddled and is obsessed with anything that spins, he’ll try and spin anything that’s circular, even if it doesn’t and is obsessed with the washing machine.
Although he occasionally enjoys ‘peekaboo’ he never initiates it, doesn’t wave and likes to fiddle with things such as laces, or toggles on a hoody.
He does have fairly good eye contact and responds to his name mostly,
Physically he’s on track with milestones but socially I do worry. We have friends with babies similar ages and I feel like he seems different to them when we’re together, they seem much more content and love the interaction whereas my baby is often clingy, whingey and doesn’t seem to be enjoying himself.
Am I overthinking this? Or right to be concerned?
We are still waiting for our 8-12 month review by the HV