My DS is 15mo and as time moves on I’m getting more worried about his development. There are a lot of things he is not doing compared to babies his age particularly in relation to speech and communication.
- Responds to name inconsistently
- No gestures
- Limited sounds when babbling, mostly d sounds only seldom m and g
- We think he has two words, dog and duck but again he mainly babbles d sounds so could be coincidence
- Doesn’t show us things ie plays with toys himself or looks at books himself (he is happy for us to join in but he won’t bring it to us to instigate)
- Limited interests when it comes to books and tv (not that we watch much tv just on the rare occasion we do) - will only watch miss Rachel and only specific videos of hers, and only likes certain types of books, often rejects books we get from the library, seems to like ones he’s familiar with
- not keen on people he doesn’t know but this is inconsistent
- recently trying to bite/grab other children so can’t relax when he’s interacting with others, often have to take him away
- can’t sit still, at playgroups gets bored and more interest in leaving the room to play with cupboard door or at soft play more interested in playing with the exit door than staying in the soft play
It’s hard because I think much of this behaviour is common for babies/toddlers and it’s too early to really know but the more I see other babies his age speaking and gesturing the more I worry. His play is also limited, he mainly wants to open and close cupboard doors and has only just started taking things out of cupboards but as far as stacking toys etc he’s only interested for very short burst and I need to be doing all the stacking etc same with pushing toy cars or trains he’s happy to engage with me doing it but won’t do it himself.
We do lots of games, songs, nursery rhymes, play groups etc at home. I’m an ex primary teacher so I like to think I’m proactive and trying my best to support his development but just feeling a bit discouraged at the moment. Don’t really know what I want from the thread but maybe any experiences anyone else had with DS and what the outcomes were? Thanks