I’m about to lose my mind. My 12 mo old daughter started to do these hand wringing thing where she clasps her hands and moves them up and down. I know this is a sign of Rett syndrome and I’m just so so worried.
I even went as far as to go on a Rett syndrome Facebook group to ask parents when their babies crawled hands and knees. I got about 50 responses and found that 12% of babies crawled on time (7-12 mo), 50% of babies crawled late (after 12 mo) and 38% never crawled at all. My daughter crawled at 8 months but I still get so nervous.
She’s meeting all her milestones but she’s not clapping. She points, she waves, she is really good with her hands in eating and stacking blocks and like just doing things using her hands. She has a few words and follows directions really well. She can stand by herself without holding onto anything for a minute but she hasn’t taken independant steps yet. But she cruises a lot.
Every time I see my daughter do this hand wringing thing I get so upset. And it’s her birthday tomorrow and I’m crying instead of being happy she’s turning 1. I can’t do this anymore. Can someone please tell me hand wringing is normal? She doesn’t do it all the time but tonight she did it like 10 separate times in an hour. So it’s increasing. It used to be maybe a couple times every other day.
these photos aren’t my daughter but it’s very similar to the movements I mean.