11 month old not responding to name

[Jasmine133]

Hi all

My little boy doesn’t respond to his name much. He does sometimes just not a lot.

He babbles mama, dada and ted (our dog) and waves and claps. He has good eye contact and likes it when we sing to him etc. but I can’t shake that he really should be responding to his name by now. Im sure he doesn’t have hearing problems because he turns to the slightest sound just not his name being called the majority of the time.

i recently had a HV review but it was over the phone and the quickest thing ever. We barely went through a question on the questionnaire.

i guess I’m either looking for reassurance that other peoples babies are/were similar and all is fine or to know if this is a red flag and something I should be worried about. First time mum so I only have google to consult and it just ends up terrifying me whatever I google about anything.

thanks so much

Usually they're too engrossed in whatever they're doing to respond

he is still very little - response to name is often absent before 12 months. If he still dosen't respond to his own name at 15-18 months, then you can worry.

right now, I bet you are 'testing' him too much by calling his name, and he thinks it is silly and doesn't respond. Or he is just to engrossed in something else - babies at that age can't switch from one thing to another easily.

It sounds like your baby is perfectly normal, kids develop different skills at different times and sometimes just don't "get" certain things. E.g. My daughter is 3, clever little thing who speaks almost as well as we do, can count and do the alphabet and yet she still doesn't really understand pointing, and never pointed to things as a baby. I still have to say "look at my finger... what is it pointing at?" and wait for her to figure it out. Just one of those things.

It’s really hard to tell as most of the time he is engrossed in something! He never sits still!

Sorry everyone this is my first post on mums net and just trying to work it out! I was trying to reply to each comment but don’t think I’ve worked it out. Thanks everyone I really appreciate you writing back. I’m a first time mum and I don’t really have anyone to turn to to work out if things are normal or not so it’s really nice to hear some point of views. I will stop testing him so much but still encourage him and see how he gets on

How long is his name? My child with the one syllable name was a few months ahead of the one with the longer name.

Hi @Jasmine133 i know this is really old post but could you please provide some update on your baby please.From which month they started responding properly?Goingvthrough similar phase with my 10month old.
Any advice/Help would be really appreciated.
thank you in advance.

he now doesn’t respond to his name because he’s a 3.5 bossy boots toddler who doesn’t like being told what to do lol! But seriously I worried about milestones for nothing. He’s totally fine, happy and developed totally “normally”. I don’t remember when he started responding to his name when he was a baby but he met all his milestones fine, some a bit early some on time some a bit late but all was well and he’s a lovely bright little boy now. I’m now onto my second and I no longer look or stress about milestones in the same way and trust my gut that I would know if something wasn’t right. Instead I’m really trying to focus on enjoying them being little as it’s all flying by

Just to add aswell my second little girl is currently 10 months and I don’t think she knows her name yet either x