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Baby stopped pointing

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mongo123 · 28/08/2021 13:29

Hello. Has anyones baby stopped pointing completely and picked it back up after a while? My almost 1 year old has been pointing since 9mths. Using index to point to things to show interest and to request sometimes. For the past couple weeks she has stopped both. I am worried about regressions and about autism from the posts i read. She is otherwise meeting milestones per the asq questionnaires. She also is starting to walk and intently focused on that however loss of babbling and such are more associated with when babies are working on other skills.i havent seen much online about pointing being one of the skills temporarily lost. She does lift things in the air to show us still. Has any one ever experienced this at all?

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becca3210 · 28/08/2021 19:28

Mine did the same with waving and now just started back again. Think it is normal for gestures to come and go so try not to worry

Puppydogg1 · 28/08/2021 19:54

My little one did exactly the same! He seems to stop doing something he's learnt when he's learning something new.
He stopped waving, then learnt to point and the waving started again soon after.
He's done it with a few other things too, seem to stop one thing and learn a new one. And then after a few weeks the old one is back again xx

Juhw · 21/10/2022 19:46

Hi, how’s your little one now?

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mongo123 · 22/10/2022 14:53

Hello...she picked it back up in a few weeks. I dont believe she stopped ALL pointing during that time...just was drastically reduced. It was strange because she was pointing a lot before she eased off. She resumed pointing with full force..lol and she is 2 now, fully conversational and still points a lot.

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