More worried about 13-month old...

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I've posted a few topics about my daughter and here I am again, still worried.

She's still getting physio for slow gross motor skills (currently only arms crawls) although has recently started pulling to stand and can get on her hands and knees fine if she wants to.

Now my new worry (on top of physical development) is communication. She babbles endlessly and has been for months but still no words yet (except possibly mama and dad but difficult to tell if she's just babbling).

She doesn't point either which is now my main concern.

She does: clap and wave, feed her toys, definitely understand stuff (if you say "go get teddy" she'll look round the room for teddy and go get it).

But no pointing which online says should happen between 9-12 months.

Should I be concerned? I keep reading "some babies focus on communication, some focus on physical development". What if your baby is behind on both?!

Edit - the title should say "more worries" not "more worried"

I do get where you’re coming from OP but as everyone has said, you need to chill out. Your child is fine and you’re wasting precious time worrying for nothing and likely raising an equally anxious child who is going to pick up on your disappointment that they aren’t reaching milestones at the speed of peers. Learn to accept the child you HAVE, not the one you think you should have and celebrate the milestones as they come, not comparing them to others.
This is also a first child. They have no children around day to day to pick these things up from. Don’t underestimate the effect of older siblings on children’s development.

You need to get help for the real issue - and that's your own anxiety. Honestly, you'll be able to post weekly for the next 18 odd years and beyond as they're always doing something they shouldn't be / should be etc

Seek some help for anxiety, delete whatever apps you're looking at and stop worrying about a baby who isn't sweeping up or speaking

I mean, finger pointing vs whole hand pointing ... where on earth does this come from that it's possibly a concern?

I don't want to be unkind but these countless questions and threads are not helping you

At 14 months, autistic or not, the best thing you can do for speech and development is engage and play and chat and joke and show and mess about. There's no magic support at 14 months that's going to change who your child is. I've done this twice now. Once you've got a diagnosis for your child you generally get one course and the big boot from services.

Hello! I understand your worry.
I have 16m old twins (14m corrected age as they were born 8w early).
I’ve spent SO MUCH time worrying and stressing.
Both of mine only army crawl, can’t sit themselves up etc. their gross motor skills are miles behind. They also don’t really have a pincer grip, have no words, and their understanding is limited. They are in physio. I’ve worried so many times about if there is issues because of their early birth and other issues in pregnancy we had.
HOWEVER. They are progressing! They’ve just started to be able to bear some weight and stand for a few seconds if I hold their hands, they don’t babble like other babies (no mama dada etc) but they do attempt to e
g if I say ready.. steady.. they’ll say ‘AH’ like they know they’re supposed to say go. They’ll play peekaboo and wave, and clap but not if I ask them to. Absolutely no pointing they don’t understand that yet. Mine are under consultants etc because of their prematurity and no one is worried. After a long time of stressing, I’m no longer worried, they are moving forwards, just on their own (slow) timeline