When did your baby wave and point?

[Strawberrycheesecake7]

My little boy is nearly 16 months old and doesn’t wave or point yet. He also doesn’t shake his head yes or no. He seems to be meeting most other milestones. He has been able to clap since he was 8 months old. He has recently started walking. He can say mama, dada, hi and yeah (he’s started saying “yeah!” to every question). The not waving is worrying me the most as I’ve read that most babies do this by their first birthday. Me and DH wave at him all the time. He is able to recognise that we’re trying to get him to copy us, but he just starts clapping when we wave at him because that’s the only hand movement he knows how to do. He has an appointment with the health visitor next week and I will discuss all this with her. I was just wondering if anyone else DC were similar? I’m a bit worried she’s going to tell me he’s really behind.

We were out with friends at the weekend and their DC is 11m and was waving and pointing away.

I guess there's things he can't do yet that perhaps your DC can do. They're all different and do things at their own pace. Is he more of an active baby or a sit and ponder type?

He’s very active and always wants to be on the move. I can’t keep him still for 5 minutes. He’s been determined to walk for ages and used to spend hours every day practicing. I think he may have ‘forgotten’ to learn some other skills because he was so desperate to be up and about. I know every baby is different but it does worry me a bit that he seems to be so behind others on certain things.

I have no idea. You'll look back on this one day and wonder why you ever worried. Babies and toddlers don't learn in a linear way, ticking off one skill after another. Your baby will wave and point eventually. He'll be fine.

He will be absolutely fine, as PP has said, you'll look back and wonder why you worried ☺️