Concerned about 11 month old.

[Walkingwillow]

I seen another thread like this but I can’t find it to comment on so I thought I’d make one.
my daughter is 11 months she’ll be one next week and just like the other posts she doesn’t do anything like waving, clapping or pointing.
she started clapping for a couple of days then stopped, she started pointing for about a week then stopped and she’s waved twice I think.
She was also responding to her name all the time but the last couple of days she really don’t look in my direction if I call her name, make a funny noise, like bang something she will flat out ignore me, Im not worried about her hearing at all. I’m wondering if anyone else’s little ones do this and is this normal?

I can understand you being worried. It might be worth doing this progress checker from the SLT Charity, ICan.

If there are concerns, it will tell you how to get support

Ahh thank you for the link!
Just concerned if it’s normal for her to do something a couple of times like clapping and waving to her just not doing it again then and all of a sudden not respond to her name when she’s been doing it for months now 😩
thank you again! ♥️

Give your health visitor a ring, they’ll be able to give you some advice

I don't think anyone can tell you if it's normal for her on a forum, unfortunately.

Did you do the progress checker? Did it throw up any concerns?

Great advice about contacting the HV from the PP.

Well not for her then is it normal for babies? Is it a thing that babies do? Is she the only one? Sorry I worded it wrong.
Will do, thanks.

In general, no it's not normal. Losing skills like that can often be a red flag for some form of neurodivergence. I'd speak to your HV if I were you.

I agree with Mollicious.

I agree that truly losing skills is often a red flag, but also be aware that babies sometimes stop doing one thing if they're really focused on learning to do something else. They still can do the first thing (clapping, say), but don't really bother because all their attention is on the second thing (walking, say). It's worth a call to the HV, but try not to worry too much yet – you may find clapping and pointing reappear soon along with some other new skill.

As pp's have said, you need to contact the HV.

Has she had her 9-12 month development check yet?

Going against the grain here but my DD did something similar - every time she learnt a new skill she would do it once or twice then not repeat it again for a few weeks. It was like she just had to think about what she'd done and think how to repeat it. First time she walked the gap was much bigger, around 6-8 weeks, from memory. Saying this though, if you're at all worried then definitely speak to your HV, if only to settle your mind.

My DCs have all done similar, especially as babies. Done something once so I thought they had mastered it and then not repeated it for ages. I think their brains are so busy learning, it's just one of the thousands of things going on in their heads/bodies each day. Just keep an eye out for her repeating it.

She’s clapped hands yesterday a couple of today and also pointed as well, but she doesn’t copy at all she does it on her own terms rather than when I clap hands or point. She hasn’t waved again since.
My health visitor came out today, I phoned her and she popped round, she said she isn’t doing her assessment yet we have a date just before her 1st birthday for that already booked in so she said she’ll wait.
She said she was happy with her development, that she’s meeting some other milestones before she should like saying mama and dada and she’s able to put things in boxes and take them out and make towers out of blocks and so on and that she babbles constantly too. It has put my mind at ease a bit but I honestly can’t help but think something isn’t right with her doing things literally for a couple of days then not to do them for weeks then to do them a couple of times again to not again after that, she’s also just not responding to her name anymore she is flat out ignoring me all the time now she won’t listen at all as if she’s forgotten her name, she does hold eye contact for a good 10 seconds then she stops, I know the health visitor said she’s okay but I just have a knot in my stomach about it.

Hi how is your little one doing now? Any update please

@Walkingwillow how is your little one now?