My son is almost 14 months. Very happy, smiley, affectionate little boy who is curious about the world around him. He claps, high fives, gives kisses and climbs onto my lap for cuddles. He will (usually) look for and often retrieve certain toys or items that I ask him for. He seems happy and comfortable in the company of strangers and other children, and in new and different environments. Does not seem bothered by changes to his routine. Makes and maintains good eye contact with us and with strangers. Plays well alone but also enjoys shared play with us, for example throwing a ball back and forth or playing peekaboo or reading books together. Has recently learnt to press buttons etc on his toy cars and will often press them when we ask him to. Eats well with a variety of textures, flavours and colours all enjoyed. Is an excellent sleeper and always has been. Recently experienced some separation anxiety and he has become slightly clingy lately but that is most likely because he's recently started nursery. Babbles a lot, says mamamama, dadadada, yeahyeahyeah, hiya but no proper words as yet. Crawls at super speeds and cruises furniture and stands constantly but not yet walking. Still seems quite orally fixated, EVERYTHING ends up in his mouth for a chew, everything is fair game. For this reason, he doesn't self feed with spoon as he loses interest in the food and just chews the spoon. But he does only have six teeth so could also be teething related.
My worries are:
He does not wave or point despite my continual efforts to teach him.
He has a short attention span
Makes high pitched shrieks often
We have seen a HV, our GP and most recently a consultant paediatrician all of whom have said they have no concerns about him or his development at this stage and he is well within normal realms. The paediatrician told me that the lack of waving or pointing in isolation and in context of the things he is doing, is nothing to worry about.
I should say that I am by nature a very anxious and obsessive person. I read about something and can become fixated on that subject, making everything fit until I can convince myself that I or the ones I love, have a certain condition. So I'm well aware that this could just be another incidence of this. My husband certainly thinks so and he has no real worries about our son.
I should also mention that my son has a moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss that was picked up shortly after his birth and he wears hearing aids.
I would be really interested to hear other people's thoughts, experiences and advice, even if that advice is to get a grip, accept what I'm being told and to forget about it. I'd just really like to know if those things are enough for me to be this worried?
Apologies in advance for rambling on and thanks for reading and responding. It's much appreciated.