DD turned 1 this week, so still freshly 12 months. I have an older child who is 6 but I never had any concerns with his development. He was walking at 10
months and a social butterfly, so this is all new territory for me.
She isn’t walking or standing independently, but will pull herself up on furniture, cruise and hold your hands and walk.
She can’t wave or clap yet. She very occasionally points but it’s rare.
Doesnt seem to understand things I say. Either that or she does understand but doesn’t care! She just smiles at everything I say to her, but I never get a reaction. If I tell her come here she will smile but not follow the instruction. Doesn’t seem to understand any sort of phrases like dinner time, bathtime, play, yes or no etc.
No words yet. She will say dadadada but it’s a babble, I don’t think she associates the word dada with her dad.
Doesnt understand many toys. She will press buttons and shake rattles, but she can’t stack anything. She has absolutely no interest in peekaboo. She does like to play independently but it’s generally with rattles and things she can shake. She never has much interest in anything else.
She also still only has 2 teeth!
Shes such a lovely happy little girl. Always smiling and giggling and babbling. However developmentally she still feels very much like a young baby. Unsure if I should be starting to worry now? I do feel a lot of guilt, I went back to work when she was 6 months old (not out of choice) and I work very long hours. 12.5 hour shifts, so if I do multiple in a row it can feel like days before I actually get any real time with her. She’s been in nursery since turning 6 months so I feel like me not being there for her has hindered her development. Especially as I wasn’t working with my son until he was 3 so I had so much one on one time with him. I feel really guilty about the difference and worried I’ve caused this.