When does not pinging become a concern?

[ThatOliveReader]

Hi all, my son is about to turn 18 months and he’s still not pointing. The most he’ll do is a reach when he wants something. Obviously I’ve read that pointing is a big milestone and should be doing it by now really.

I will say I don’t really have any other concerns. He calls and waves, shows us his toys and gives when I ask for something.

He has only just started to walk so I’m wondering if he’s been focusing on that rather than the pointing and it’ll come now that he’s walking. He also only says 3-4 words at most.

Is this something I should be concerned about?

Hi @ThatOliveReaderyou might want to ask @MNHQto change the title of your thread. I only clicked to see why pinging had been brought in as a new milestone

I would do this simple progress checker and see how he scores. It will tell you if he needs some support with communication