Concerns about development

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My DD is nearly 11 months old. She isn't crawling, she rolls to get about. She doesn't initiate pulling herself up or try to sit up from lying down, though if sat up she is sturdy. Recently she has become much less likely to respond to her name and has started what I can only liken to baby tai chi, with her hands/arms. She seems fascinated with her hands. She does babble but mainly gagaga; whereas recenly she'd been saying dada. She sleeps and eats well. I've requested my HV come and do her 1 year review, which is organised for mid November. I'm really worried about her development and would welcome your though.

Anyone?

It's quite hard to say from what you've written – things like gross motor development are so varied at this age. She's probably a bit behind the average, but that doesn't mean anything is wrong, and if she's good at getting about by rolling, there's a bit less motivation to crawl or cruise the furniture.

The baby tai chi again could be something or could be nothing. Lots of baby goes through stages of weird movements, just because they've discovered they can or they like something about the sensation. That said, the 'fascinated by their own hands' stage is usually younger. At 10-11 months, they're typically doing things with their hands like bashing toys together and working on picking up smaller bits of food. If she's doing things like that, but just also does her tai chi movements, I'd probably wouldn't worry too much about it.

This is the development questionnaire for your baby right now, if you want to take a look: https://www.broomfieldpediatrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ASQ-3-10-Mo-Set-B.pdf There's a scoring sheet at the back – they never expect 6 'yeses' in a section, and it's quite normal for babies to have a section or two 'in the grey'.

Thank you so much for replying. O will take a look at this.