Anxious mama

[Flgirl234]

Hello everyone, i want help..
My 11.5 months old baby girl is pointing, clapping, giving toys , lift arms to be picked up, babbling , pointing when i ask " where is dada " , she " put"her shoe on her foot when i say " put your shoe"but she doesn't wave bye bye or say a word with meaning. Anyone else?

What are you worried about? This is perfectly normal baby development. In face rather advanced.
She is hardly going to be giving a speech at under 12 months!

Really ?? I m so concerned about the waving ... And that she doesn't say ma for mama for example. Pfffff ..

Very normal, some babies aren't waving at that ages and some are. Most babies don't say mama before 12 months and some much later.
Her understanding sounds very good, she will do all these things in her own time. You could always contact your health visitor if you are concerned about her development but it really doesn't sound like you need to be.

I read that babies who doesn't wave until 12 months is a red flag for ASD. pff ..

You read wrong. Your baby is perfectly developmentally appropriate. Just enjoy her!

Thank you . I try but i m so concerned .

She’s so young OP! Really too early to have this type of concern. Think of babies like corn kernels. They all pop at different times but they all become popcorn. If in a year or two she isn’t meeting certain milestones in a significant way then it isn’t necessarily time to panic but you could seek some support at that point but again they all do things at different stages

Thank you . Anyone else in the same boat ?

Anyone else ???

My 11.5 month old is not clapping, pointing, waving or doing half of what your baby is doing and i'm not concerned, neither are his nursery workers. He does say mama and dada when he sees us and took his first steps but not many gestures as yet, though he communicates his needs with us in other ways.
What are you anxious about exactly?
I've been down social media rabbit holes before convinced my baby is autistic because the stuff you see online just focus on a few little behaviours that are typical of all babies but those with autism will usually do to a much more intense degree.
I was a wreck for a few days with worry and it really impacted my connection with baby which then made his behaviour a bit withdrawn which then just convinced me further that he was autistic!
I spoke to his nursery key worker who reassured me that he was totally normal, I took a step back and looked at the bigger picture rather than focussing on single tick box milestone. If baby is happy and progressing (not always in a straight line, steady pace) then everything is fine and nothing to worry about.