Worried for baby’s development and feel like maybe I’m not doing enough
I hope this doesn’t come across badly. I’m so concerned for my babys development, he’s 10 months. I don’t know why though. I am a very anxious person and always worry that he may have autism, I also have no idea why I keep thinking that.
My LB can crawl, he stands himself up against furniture, he can feed himself with his fingers, says mama and dada. But he doesn’t point yet, doesn’t clap, doesn’t wave all the time, sometimes he doesn’t respond to his name when he’s focused on something. I keep seeing these as traits of autism.
I just called my husband and cried my eyes out because I feel like I’m not doing enough :(. I was just visiting family for a whole month and my LB was so happy and I’ve now come back home and it’s just me and my husband so I’m scared maybe I’m some how ruining his development by it just being me and my husband. Idk I have such bad anxiety about this.
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Sounds like you have a very smart and active little baby. Milestones are guidelines they aren't hard and fast rules that every baby must meet by a certain day or they're delayed. Some babies need more time to get concepts and that's okay.
It's never bad to talk to your pediatrician about your concerns. They can go over what would need to happen if they are delayed and when to start interventions. The best you can do is keep engaging with your baby and keep showing him the things you want him to work on.
You're doing so great by caring about his development. Never forget that you are doing the best you can and that's all your baby is asking of you ♥️
thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment. It has calmed my nerves a little bit. ❤️ I’ll have a chat with my doctor just to see what they say as well
Sounds like your little one is focussing on his motor skills more than his social skills at the moment. Don’t worry yet, try to forgot the term autism for now as it’ll just put too much pressure on your little one he’s trying his hardest but there’s so much for them to learn and babies just do it in different orders.
It’s crazy how they literally learn skills overnight as well. My boy suddenly decided he was able to stack blocks this morning and had shown absolutely no signs of doing it yesterday 😂
Mine is 14 months, and he still doesn’t point! He started clapping after his bday. It’s nothing wrong with you baby relax and enjoy xxx
Your baby sounds perfectly normal, and active and smart. You’re feeling all this cause your most probably experiencing anxiety and the fear is trying to take control. I get it though I have a shitload of anxiety around everything and since having a baby it’s only gone worst. Your baby is fine, you just need to know that those thoughts aren’t reality, it’s just coming out of fear.
Thank you for posting this I feel the same way sometimes with my LO. My husband and I work from home and sometimes I worry we don’t give him enough social interaction opportunities so I’ve made it a point to talk to him more and point things out when we are in public at the store.
Honestly sounds like he is doing fine 🙂
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